U+025C "ɜ" Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+025C "ɜ" Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the open-mid central unrounded vowel sound, which is heard in English words like "nurse" when pronounced with a rhotic accent in some dialects or in the standard Southern British pronunciation of "bird." Its shape is a leftward-facing version of the standard lowercase open e (ɛ), and it plays a crucial role in linguistic transcription for describing vowel quality in various languages around the world.
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Latin Small Letter Open E
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Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E with Hook
General Properties
Code Point
U+025C
Name
Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Small Letter Reversed Epsilon
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ɜ
HTML Hex Encoding
ɜ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC9 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x025C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000025C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u025c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin