U+04D9 "ә" Cyrillic Small Letter Schwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+04D9 "ә" Cyrillic Small Letter Schwa is a distinct letter used in several Cyrillic-based alphabets, most notably for languages in the Caucasus region and Central Asia, such as Azerbaijani, Bashkir, and Kazakh. It represents a near-open central unrounded vowel sound, similar to the 'a' in the English word "about." While its shape resembles the Latin schwa character, it is a separate glyph within the Cyrillic block, often appearing as a rounded, reversed 'e' that is essential for accurately writing and pronouncing words in these languages.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+04D9
Name
Cyrillic Small Letter Schwa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ә
HTML Hex Encoding
ә
UTF-8 Encoding
0xD3 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x04D9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000004D9
C/C++/Java Escape
\u04d9
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Cyrillic