E is the fifth letter of the Latin alphabet. Its unicode points are Latin Capital Letter E, U+0045 (E) and Latin Small Letter E, U+0065 (e).
Appearance[]
A capital E is identical to Greek Capital Letter Epsilon, U+0395 (Ε) and Cyrillic Capital Letter Ie, U+0415 (Е). A lower case e is identical to Cyrillic Small Letter Ie, U+0435 (е).
Usage[]
The letter E is used in most languages that use the latin alphabet. In some languages it is even the most used letter.
It is also used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for an unrounded close-mid front vowel.
Diacritics, ligatures and derivations[]
E can take a lot of diacritics. Here are some of the precomposed letters in unicode.
Above the letter:
Diacritic | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dot (˙) | Ė | U+0116 | ė | U+0117 | e.g. Lithuanian |
Diaeresis (¨) | Ë | U+00CB | ë | U+00EB | e.g. Albanian |
Acute (´) | É | U+00C9 | é | U+00E9 | e.g. French |
Grave (`) | È | U+00C8 | è | U+00E8 | e.g. French |
Double grave (˵) | Ȅ | U+0204 | ȅ | U+0205 | Serbo-Croatian linguistics |
Circumflex (^) | Ê | U+00CA | ê | U+00EA | e.g. Welsh |
Caron (ˇ) | Ě | U+011A | ě | U+011B | e.g. Czech |
Tilde (~) | Ẽ | U+1EBC | ẽ | U+1EBD | e.g. Kaingang |
Macron (ˉ) | Ē | U+0112 | ē | U+0113 | e.g. Latvian |
Breve (˘) | Ĕ | U+0114 | ĕ | U+0115 | e.g. Foochow Romanized |
Inverted breve | Ȇ | U+0206 | ȇ | U+0207 | e.g. Serbo-Croatian linguistics |
Hook | Ẻ | U+1EBA | ẻ | U+1EBB | Vietnamese |
Below the letter:
Diacritic | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dot | Ẹ | U+1EB9 | ẹ | U+1EB8 | e.g. Vietnamese |
Circumflex | Ḙ | U+1E18 | ḙ | U+1E19 | ? |
Tilde | Ḛ | U+1E1A | ḛ | U+1E1B | Phonetics? |
Through the letter or as part of the letter:
Diacritic | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cedilla (¸) | Ȩ | U+0228 | ȩ | U+0229 | ? |
Ogonek (˛) | Ę | U+0118 | ę | U+0119 | e.g. Polish |
Slash (/) | Ɇ | U+0246 | ɇ | U+0247 | ? |
Retroflex hook | ᶒ | U+1D92 | Phonetics? | ||
Notch | ⱸ | U+2C78 | Phonetics? |
Ligatures:
Letter | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AE ligature | Æ | U+00C6 | æ | U+00E6 | e.g. Danish |
ET ligature (or ampersand) | & | U+0026 | e.g. English | ||
Tironian ET ligature | ⁊ | U+204A | e.g. midiaeval manuscripts | ||
OE ligature | Œ | U+0152 | œ | U+0153 | e.g. French |
UE ligature | ᵫ | U+1D6B | Midiaeval manuscripts? |
Combinations:
Diacritics | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Circumflex and acute | Ế | U+1EBE | ế | U+1EBF | Vietnamese |
Circumflex and grave | Ề | U+1EC0 | ề | U+1EC1 | Vietnamese |
Circumflex and tilde | Ễ | U+1EC4 | ễ | U+1EC5 | Vietnamese |
Circumflex and hook | Ể | U+1EC2 | ể | U+1EC3 | Vietnamese |
Circumflex and dot below | Ệ | U+1EC6 | ệ | U+1EC7 | Vietnamese |
Macron and acute | Ḗ | U+1E16 | ḗ | U+1E17 | ? |
Macron and grave | Ḕ | U+1E14 | ḕ | U+1E15 | ? |
Cedilla and breve | Ḝ | U+1E1C | ḝ | U+1E1D | ? |
Æ with acute | Ǽ | U+01FC | ǽ | U+01FD | e.g. Old Norse transcription |
Æ with macron | Ǣ | U+01E2 | ǣ | U+01E3 | ? |
Derived letters:
Variation | Capital | Unicode point | Lower case | Unicode point | Usage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small capital | ᴇ | U+1D07 | Phonetics? | ||
Small capital Æ | ᴁ | U+1D01 | Phonetics? | ||
Small capital Œ | ɶ | U+0276 | e.g. IPA | ||
Reversed | ɘ | U+0258 | e.g. IPA | ||
Turned | Ǝ | U+018E | ǝ | U+01DD | ? |
Turned Æ | ᴂ | U+1D02 | Phonetics? | ||
Turned Œ | ᴔ | U+1D14 | Phonetics? | ||
Schwa | Ə | U+018F | ə | U+0259 | e.g. IPA |
Schwa with hook | ɚ | U+025A | e.g. IPA | ||
Schwa with retroflex hook | ᶕ | U+1D95 | Phonetics? | ||
Epsilon (or open e) | Ɛ | U+0190 | ɛ | U+025B | e.g. IPA |
Epsilon with retroflex hook (or open e with retroflex hook) | ᶓ | U+1D93 | Phonetics? | ||
Reversed epsilon (or reversed open e) | Ɜ | U+A7AB | ɜ | U+025C | e.g. IPA |
Reversed epsilon with hook (or reversed open e with hook) | ɝ | U+025D | e.g. IPA | ||
Reversed epsilon with retroflex hook (or reversed open e with retroflex hook) | ᶔ | U+1D94 | Phonetics? | ||
Turned epsilon (or turned open e) | ᴈ | U+1D08 | Phonetics? | ||
Closed epsilon (or closed open e) | ʚ | U+029A | e.g. IPA | ||
Closed reversed epsilon (or closed reversed open e) | ɞ | U+025E | e.g. IPA |