ə is the Unicode character LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA, code point U+0259 (decimal 601) in the IPA Extensions block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ə, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes C9 99.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0259 |
| Decimal | 601 |
| UTF-8 bytes | C9 99 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0259 |
| UTF-32 | 00000259 |
| HTML decimal | ə |
| HTML hex | ə |
| CSS | \259 |
| JavaScript | \u0259 |
| JSON | \u0259 |
| Python | \u0259 |
| Python by name | \N{LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA} |
| Java, C# | \u0259 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{259} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0259 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %C9%99 |
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 SMALL LETTER SCHWA |
| Code point | U+0259 (decimal 601) |
| Block | IPA Extensions (U+0250–U+02AF) |
| General category | Ll: Lowercase 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+018F Latin Capital Letter Schwa — Uppercase
Nearby in IPA Extensions
- ɑ U+0251 Latin Small Letter Alpha
- ɒ U+0252 Latin Small Letter Turned Alpha
- ɓ U+0253 Latin Small Letter B With Hook
- ɔ U+0254 Latin Small Letter Open O
- ɕ U+0255 Latin Small Letter C With Curl
- ɖ U+0256 Latin Small Letter D With Tail
- ɗ U+0257 Latin Small Letter D With Hook
- ɘ U+0258 Latin Small Letter Reversed E
- ɚ U+025A Latin Small Letter Schwa With Hook
- ɛ U+025B Latin Small Letter Open E
- ɜ U+025C Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E
- ɝ U+025D Latin Small Letter Reversed Open E With Hook
- ɞ U+025E Latin Small Letter Closed Reversed Open E
- ɟ U+025F Latin Small Letter Dotless J With Stroke
- ɠ U+0260 Latin Small Letter G With Hook
- ɡ U+0261 Latin Small Letter Script G
All 96 characters: IPA Extensions.
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+0259?
- C9 99 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %C9%99.
- How do I write U+0259 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0259. Python: \u0259.
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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