Ǝ

Ǝ ǝ (turned E or reversed E) is an additional letter of the Latin alphabet used in African languages using the Pan-Nigerian alphabet. The minuscule is based on a rotated e and the capital form majuscule Ǝ, based on a reversed (mirrored) majuscule E.

For the Eminem video collection, see E (video). For the logical operator ∃, see Existential quantification. For the Japanese kana ヨ, see Yo (kana). For the similar looking Phoenician letter 𐤄, see He (letter). For the small IPA symbol ɘ, see Close-mid central unrounded vowel.
Not to be confused with Schwa (Ə).
Ǝ ǝ
Ǝ
In UnicodeU+018E Ǝ LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E
U+01DD ǝ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED E
Different from
Different fromU+2203 ∃ THERE EXISTS
U+0259 ə LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA
Related
See alsoU+018F Ə LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SCHWA

It is not to be confused with U+2203 ∃ THERE EXISTS, the existential quantifier used in logic, or with U+0259 ə LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA (uppercase Ə), which is used as a phonetic symbol and as a letter in Latin-based orthographies, such as Azerbaijani and the General Alphabet of Cameroon Languages.[1]

In MacOS with the U.S. Extended keyboard, the letters Ǝ ǝ are made with ⌥ Opt+⇧ Shift+: followed by E e respectively.

The letter has been used by American rapper Eminem in order to stylize his stage name.

Unicode encodings
Character information
PreviewƎǝ
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED E LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED E
Encodingsdecimalhexdechex
Unicode398U+018E477U+01DD
UTF-8198 142C6 8E199 157C7 9D
Numeric character referenceƎƎǝǝ

References
  1. Wells, J. C. (2014-09-25). Sounds Interesting. Cambridge University Press. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-107-07470-5.
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