U+0112 "Ē" Latin Capital Letter E with Macron Unicode Character

U+0112 "Ē" Latin Capital Letter E with Macron is a precomposed character representing the letter E with a macron diacritic, a horizontal line placed above the letter, which typically indicates a long vowel sound in various languages. It is commonly used in Latin transliterations of languages such as Hawaiian, Māori, and Latvian, as well as in the romanization of Japanese (Hepburn system) and other Asian languages. In phonetic transcription, it often denotes a long, tense, or high-mid front unrounded vowel. This character is distinct from a regular E followed by a combining macron, and it belongs to the Latin Extended-A block, enabling consistent text representation and processing across digital systems.