Inverted "e" phonetic symbol

• Stress-free character seemingly calm, having walked away initially
• Dull sound
• Stress-free vowel
• Upside-down lowercase "e"
• The "u" sound in "census"
• Soft vowel sound

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1895, from German Schwa , ultimately from Hebrew shewa "a neutral vowel quality," literally "emptiness."

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Schwa is a mid-central vowel (transcribed ) or similar vowel sound. Schwa may also refer to:

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "'''a'''bout", represented as /ə/ in IPA and /@/ in SAMPA and X-SAMPA. 2 The character ə, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E