What Ē means
It marks a long vowel in Māori. That length can distinguish words, so the macron is part of the spelling. Māori calls the mark a tohutō; pōtae (“hat”) is an informal name for the bar.
Latvian also uses lowercase ē as part of its spelling.
Keep the bar
Macron display was widely supported by the early 2000s. Earlier Māori digital writing sometimes substituted umlauts or used custom fonts; an old umlaut may be a workaround.
Use the bar when the source spelling requires it.
Removing it can change a Māori word.
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Who writes Ē
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What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsLong vowel; its length can distinguish words.
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How to type or find Ē
- Also called
- E macron
- Search it as
- Ē · ē · Māori macron · tohutō
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
ĒCSS
\0112Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
Ē
HTML hex
Ē
CSS content
content: "\0112";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%C4%92
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.