ẻ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "e"

ẻ	U+1EBB, ẻ LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH HOOK ABOVE

Composition:

e [U+0065] + ◌̉ [U+0309]

← Ẻ
[U+1EBA]

Latin Extended Additional

Ẽ →
[U+1EBC]

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Vinh) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˩]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˨˩˦]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)

Etymology 1

(verb): See ỉa. Diphthongization did not take place, thus the conservative monophthong was preserved.

This is originally a regional form from the North Central region, but now can be seen used by speakers of other dialects on the Internet as a euphemism.

Verb

ẻ

North Central Vietnam form of ỉa (“to take a poop, to shit”)

Etymology 2

Letter

ẻ (lower case, upper case Ẻ)

The letter e with the hook above.

(Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)