ē

Character	ē
Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH MACRON
Latin Extended-A	U+0113

See also Appendix:Variations of "e"

Translingual

Letter

ē lower case (upper case Ē)

1. The letter e with a macron.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter E):  Éé  Èè  Êê  Ḙḙ  Ěě  Ĕĕ  Ẽẽ  Ḛḛ  Ẻẻ  Ėė  Ëë  Ēē  Ȩȩ  Ęę  ᶒ  Ɇɇ  Ȅȅ  Ếế  Ềề  Ễễ  Ểể  Ḝḝ  Ḗḗ  Ḕḕ  Ȇȇ  Ẹẹ  Ệệ  ⱸ  ᴇ  Ｅｅ  Ææ  Ǽǽ  Ǣǣ  &  Œœ  ᵫ
• (Letters using macron sign or underline sign):  Āā  Ǟǟ  Ḇḇ  C̄c̄  Ḏḏ  Ēē  Ḕḕ  Ḡḡ  Īī  Ōō  Ȫȫ  Ṑṑ  Ūū  Ǘǘ  Ǖǖ  Ṻṻ  Ȳȳ  Ǣǣ

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Japanese

Interjection

ē (hiragana ええ)

1. yes, uh huh
2. uh
3. (informal) gah!; huh?

Usage notes

The meaning conveyed by this interjection depends on the intonation. Declining intonation indicates agreement or just shows one is listening, like "yes" or "uh huh." Flat intonation indicates that one is thinking, like "uhh," and strong, rising intonation is a casual interjection that indicates that the listener is surprised, like "huh?"

Adjective

ē (hiragana ええ)

1. (Kansai) good

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Mandarin

Romanization

ē (form of e1 with diacritic)

1. 妸: person
2. 妿:
3. 娿:
4. 婀: be beautiful, be graceful
5. 婐: maid
6. 屙: to ease nature
7. 峉:
8. 猔: name of an ancient tribe
9. 疤: scar, cicatrix; birthmark
10. 痾: chronic illness; dysentery
11. 鈳: columbium niobium
12. 钶: columbium
13. 阾: