What ᴱ means
Read ᴱ by the transcription system around it.
Eemil Nestor Setälä proposed the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA) in 1901 to record pronunciation. Its superscripts mark very short sounds.
As of 2026, PHOIBLE, a database of sound inventories, uses ᴱ beside vowels for sphincteric phonation, a voice quality made by tightening the upper throat. This use is also documented for the !Xóõ language.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Is ᴱ just a superscript E?
No. Superscript styling changes an ordinary E’s appearance; ᴱ is a separate modifier character.
How to type ᴱ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1D31, then Alt+X to get ᴱ.
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 “modifier letter capital e”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1d31, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ᴱCSS
\1D31How do I type ᴱ?
Search its character name in a Unicode character picker; superscripting E changes appearance only.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᴱ
HTML hex
ᴱ
CSS content
content: "\1D31";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%B4%B1
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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.