U+1EC5 "ễ" Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex and Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1EC5 "ễ" Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex and Tilde is a precomposed character used primarily in the Vietnamese alphabet to represent a specific vowel sound, particularly in the Southern dialect, where it denotes a mid central vowel that is both rounded and nasalized. This character combines a base Latin letter "e" with a circumflex accent (^) to mark a higher, tenser quality, and a tilde (~) above it to indicate a creaky, rising tone, making it essential for accurately writing and distinguishing words in standard Vietnamese orthography. It is a single encoded character in Unicode, allowing for consistent digital representation and text processing across various platforms and fonts.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+1EC5
Name
Latin Small Letter E with Circumflex and Tilde
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ễ
HTML Hex Encoding
ễ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0xBB 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1EC5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001EC5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1ec5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin