Modifier Letter Small Reversed E

Enter U+1078E with a hexadecimal Unicode input method.

If your IPA keyboard has ɘ but not the modifier reversed e, use another input method that accepts Unicode code points in hexadecimal. Superscript formatting only raises the baseline letter; it does not produce this distinct character.

A font draws the text glyph. If your font lacks it, you may see a missing-character box; the text still contains 𐞎.

What does 𐞎 mean in phonetic transcription?

It marks a weak ɘ-like vowel element beside another sound.

In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), ɘ is a close-mid central unrounded vowel: the tongue is midway between high and low, centered in the mouth, and the lips are unrounded. The raised modifier 𐞎 can show a short or marginal vowel element, including an offglide—the vowel-like tail of a diphthong.

Reversed-e vowel notation appears in linguist Hans Kurath's work by 1939; later users included George Trager, David Abercrombie, and John Catford. A 2003 SIL proposal treated superscript vowel modifiers as separate characters for phonetic writing. A Unicode request published in 2020 cited Daniel Caudal's 2011 example of 𐞎 as a diphthong offglide. This places the character in an established notation tradition.