E or e is the fifth letter and the second vowel letter in the modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is e (pronounced /ˈiː/), plural ees.[1] It is the most commonly used letter in many languages, including Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Latin, Latvian, Norwegian, Spanish, and Swedish.[2][3][4][5][6]
E
E e
(See below)
Writing cursive forms of E
Usage
Writing system
Latin script
Type
Alphabetic
Language of origin
Latin language
Phonetic usage
[e]
[e̞]
[ɛ]
[ə]
[ɪ~i]
[ɘ]
[ʲe]
[h]
(English variations)
Unicode value
U+0045, U+0065
Alphabetical position
5
History
Development
A28
Heh
He0.svg
He
Phoenician He
He
Ε ε ϵ
𐌄
E e
Time period
c. 700 BC to present
Descendants
• ♯
• Ə
• Æ
• Œ
• €
• ℮
• ∃
• ∈
• ℯ
• ℇ
• ℰ
• ℥
• &
Sisters
Е
Э
Є
Ё
Ә
Һ
ה
ﻫ
ﻪ
ﻬ
ه
ܗ
Ɛ
Ե ե
Է է
Ը ը
ࠄ
𐎅
Ⲉ
Variations
(See below)
Other
Other letters commonly used with
ee
e(x)
e(x)(y)
History
Use in writing systems
Most common letter
Related characters
Computing codes
Other representations
References
External links
Last edited 12 days ago by PointlessUsername
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