Closed open e (butterfly left)

Meaning and uses

A phonetic letter that looks like the left wing of a butterfly. Paired with ɞ it makes the butterfly ʚɞ, which often frames a heart: ʚ♡ɞ.

Unicode details

ʚ is the Unicode character named LATIN SMALL LETTER CLOSED OPEN E, code point U+029A, in the IPA Extensions block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a lowercase letter (general category Ll).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ʚ

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 029A and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ʚ.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “latin small letter closed open e”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 029a, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ʚ. In a CSS content property, use "\029A".