Eh (letter)

E
Է է
Usage
Writing system	Armenian script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Armenian language
Sound values	ɛ
In Unicode	U+0537, U+0567
Alphabetical position	7
History
Time period	405 to present
Other
Associated numbers	7

E, Ē, or Eh (majuscule: Է; minuscule: է; Armenian: է) is the seventh letter of the Armenian alphabet. It represents the open-mid front unrounded vowel (/ɛ/) in Eastern Armenian and the close-mid front unrounded vowel (/e/) Western Armenian. This letter is related the Armenian letter Yečʼ (Ե). After the 20th century spelling reform, the letter is used to write a word initial /ɛ/, while word initial ječʼ (ե) is pronounced /jɛ/. Before the orthography reform, the two letters were used interchangeably. Created by Mesrop Mashtots in the 5th century, it has a numerical value of 7.

In the Armenian Apostolic Church, the letter is used on altars to represent the number 7, which has significant religious meaning.

Gallery

Various historic fonts

• 
  Rounded Erkat'agir
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  Angular Erkat'agir
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  Bolorgir
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  Notrgir
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  Shghagir
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  Typographic form
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  Handwritten form

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Է		է
Unicode name	ARMENIAN CAPITAL LETTER EH		ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER EH
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	1335	U+0537	1383	U+0567
UTF-8	212 183	D4 B7	213 167	D5 A7
Numeric character reference	Է	Է	է	է

Notes

1.^This also appears in compound words

See also

• E (Latin)