# ə U+0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA

Schwa, an upside-down e, the IPA symbol for the neutral unstressed vowel uh sound; also used in Azerbaijani spelling.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ə` |
| Codepoint | U+0259 |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA |
| Block | [IPA Extensions](https://unicodekit.com/block/ipa-extensions) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ə` `ə` |
| CSS | `\259` |
| JavaScript | `\u0259` |
| UTF-8 | C9 99 |
| UTF-16 | 0259 |

## Notes

- mid-central unrounded vowel
- uppercase is 018F
- variant uppercase form 018E is associated with 01DD

## Related characters

- ɘ [U+0258 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0258)
- ɚ [U+025A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/025A)
- ɗ [U+0257 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0257)
- ɛ [U+025B LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025B)
- ɖ [U+0256 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH TAIL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0256)
- ɜ [U+025C LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025C)
- ɕ [U+0255 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CURL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0255)
- ɝ [U+025D LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED OPEN E WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/025D)
- ɔ [U+0254 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0254)
- ɞ [U+025E LATIN SMALL LETTER CLOSED REVERSED OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025E)
- ɓ [U+0253 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0253)
- ɟ [U+025F LATIN SMALL LETTER DOTLESS J WITH STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/025F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0259 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0259