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| Ǝ ǝ | |
|---|---|
Ǝ | |
| In Unicode | U+018E ƎLATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E U+01DD ǝLATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED E |
| Different from | |
| Different from | U+2203 ∃THERE EXISTS U+0259 əLATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA |
| Related | |
| See also | U+018F ƏLATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA |
Ǝ ǝ (turned E orreversed E) is an additionalletter of theLatin alphabet used in African languages using thePan-Nigerian alphabet. The minuscule is based on a rotated e and the capital form majusculeƎ, based on a reversed (mirrored) majuscule E.
It is not to be confused withU+2203 ∃THERE EXISTS, theexistential quantifier used in logic, or withU+0259 əLATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA (uppercase Ə), which is used as a phonetic symbol for themid central vowel and as a letter in Latin-based orthographies, such asAzerbaijani and theGeneral Alphabet of Cameroon Languages.[1]
In MacOS with the U.S. Extended keyboard, the lettersƎ ǝ are made with⌥ Opt+⇧ Shift+: followed byE e respectively.
The letter has been used by American rapperEminem in order to stylize his stage name.
| Preview | Ǝ | ǝ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E | LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED E | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 398 | U+018E | 477 | U+01DD |
| UTF-8 | 198 142 | C6 8E | 199 157 | C7 9D |
| Numeric character reference | Ǝ | Ǝ | ǝ | ǝ |
