Ə is the Unicode character LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA, code point U+018F (decimal 399) in the Latin Extended-B block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ə, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C6 8F.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+018F |
| Decimal | 399 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C6 8F |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 018F |
| UTF-32 | 0000018F |
| HTML decimal | Ə |
| HTML hex | Ə |
| CSS | \18F |
| JavaScript | \u018F |
| JSON | \u018F |
| Python | \u018F |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA} |
| Java, C# | \u018F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{18F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u018F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C6%8F |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA |
| Code point | U+018F (decimal 399) |
| Block | Latin Extended-B (U+0180–U+024F) |
| General category | Lu: Uppercase letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Upper and lower case
- ə U+0259 Latin Small Letter Schwa — Lowercase
Nearby in Latin Extended-B
- Ƈ U+0187 Latin Capital Letter C With Hook
- ƈ U+0188 Latin Small Letter C With Hook
- Ɖ U+0189 Latin Capital Letter African D
- Ɗ U+018A Latin Capital Letter D With Hook
- Ƌ U+018B Latin Capital Letter D With Topbar
- ƌ U+018C Latin Small Letter D With Topbar
- ƍ U+018D Latin Small Letter Turned Delta
- Ǝ U+018E Latin Capital Letter Reversed E
- Ɛ U+0190 Latin Capital Letter Open E
- Ƒ U+0191 Latin Capital Letter F With Hook
- ƒ U+0192 Latin Small Letter F With Hook
- Ɠ U+0193 Latin Capital Letter G With Hook
- Ɣ U+0194 Latin Capital Letter Gamma
- ƕ U+0195 Latin Small Letter Hv
- Ɩ U+0196 Latin Capital Letter Iota
- Ɨ U+0197 Latin Capital Letter I With Stroke
All 208 characters: Latin Extended-B.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ə?
- Use Ə (decimal) or Ə (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+018F?
- C6 8F (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C6%8F.
- How do I write U+018F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u018F. Python: \u018F.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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