U+FF45 "ｅ" Fullwidth Latin Small Letter E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ｅ
U+FF45 "ｅ" Fullwidth Latin Small Letter E is a typographic variant of the standard Latin letter "e" designed to occupy the same character width as a CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) character, typically taking up two logical columns in monospaced environments. It belongs to the "Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms" block and is most commonly used when Latin text is mixed with East Asian scripts to ensure visual alignment and consistent spacing. Despite looking identical to the standard "e" in some fonts, its primary function is formatting, and it may not be correctly processed by all software for search or case conversion, as it is considered a distinct code point for compatibility purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF45 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Latin Small Letter E |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ｅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ｅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBD 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF45 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF45 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff45 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Fullwidth |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ｅ" U+FF25 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter E |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ｅ" U+FF25 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter E |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ｅ" U+FF25 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter E |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ｅ" U+FF25 Fullwidth Latin Capital Letter E |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "e" U+0065 Latin Small Letter E |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Hex Digit | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |