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ᵌ

modifier letter small turned open e

Modifier Letter Small Turned Open E

ᵌ is a raised phonetic letter related to turned open e, used in specialist transcription. Its superscript position can carry meaning, and some fonts may not display it.

Text symbol
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ᵌ meaning · turned open e · UPA · IPA
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ᵌ means

It is a superscript phonetic letter. In Uralic transcription, the system's key determines its reading; it has no universal sound.

The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA) records sounds in Uralic languages such as Finnish and Hungarian. The first issue of the journal Finnisch-Ugrische Forschungen, devoted to Finno-Ugric studies, opened in 1901 with a proposal for a system to write speech sounds. In the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), a system for transcribing speech sounds, related ɜ marked a half-open central vowel in 1921, then a lowered schwa (a reduced, neutral vowel) in 1932.

Don't confuse it with

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ᴈ
Latin Small Letter Turned Open E
shares “e”, “letter”, “open”, “small”, “turned”
ᵋ
Modifier Letter Small Open E
shares “e”, “letter”, “modifier”, “open”, “small”
ᵄ
Modifier Letter Small Turned A
shares “letter”, “modifier”, “small”, “turned”
ᵆ
Modifier Letter Small Turned Ae
shares “letter”, “modifier”, “small”, “turned”

Questions people ask

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Why does ᵌ 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 ᵌ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1D4C, then Alt+X to get ᵌ.
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 small turned open e”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1d4c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ᵌ
CSS
\1D4C
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ᵌ
HTML hex
ᵌ
CSS content
content: "\1D4C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%B5%8C
1
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.

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