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kannada letter e

Kannada Letter E

ಎ is Kannada’s standalone short-e vowel, used at the start of a syllable without a consonant. After a consonant, the same vowel is written with the dependent sign ೆ; the long vowel has a separate letter, ಏ.

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Kannada short e · Kannada independent e · Kannada vowel e · ĕ
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What ಎ means

It is the standalone Kannada vowel for short e.

A standalone, or independent, vowel can open a syllable; the dependent sign ೆ follows a consonant. Romanization differs by system: UN tables use ĕ, while ISO 15919 and ALA-LC use e. These Latin spellings represent the same Kannada vowel.

Early Kannada-Telugu script forms appear in inscriptions associated with the Kadamba and Chalukya dynasties from the 4th–7th centuries. The Halmidi inscription, dated to about the 5th century, is treated as the earliest Kannada-language inscription. Kannada and Telugu scripts belong to a lineage that runs from Brahmi through Kadamba.

Don't confuse it with

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ಏ
Kannada Letter Ee
In the Kannada short-e vs long-e pair, ಏ is long; ಎ is short.
ೆ
Kannada Vowel Sign E
The Kannada dependent e sign is written with a consonant; ಎ is the standalone vowel.

Questions people ask

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Why does ಎ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type ಎ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 0C8E, then Alt+X to get ಎ.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “kannada letter e”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 0c8e, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ಎ
CSS
\0C8E
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ಎ
HTML hex
ಎ
CSS content
content: "\0C8E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E0%B2%8E
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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