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I want to write: ⃗E, I tried to C-x 8 <RET> COMBINING RIGHT ARROW ABOVE <RET> E it is displaying in Emacs like:

how Emacs displays ⃗E

I want to use Unicode (without Tex).

EDIT

in reply to Drew's comment:

What I want is to put the arrow above the letter something like this:

What I want to write

It appears in my browser correctly.

Yes, sure I can move the cursor past the arrow but before the E.

doing C-u C-x = for the first character gives:

             position: 45 of 49 (90%), column: 2
            character: ⃗ (displayed as ⃗) (codepoint 8407, #o20327, #x20d7)
    preferred charset: unicode (Unicode (ISO10646))
code point in charset: 0x20D7
               script: symbol
               syntax: w    which means: word
             category: ^:Combining
             to input: type "C-x 8 RET 20d7" or "C-x 8 RET COMBINING RIGHT ARROW ABOVE"
          buffer code: #xE2 #x83 #x97
            file code: #xE2 #x83 #x97 (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix)
              display: by this font (glyph code)
    xft:-PfEd-Unifont-normal-normal-normal-*-15-*-*-*-d-0-iso10646-1 (#x20DA)

Character code properties: customize what to show
  name: COMBINING RIGHT ARROW ABOVE
  old-name: NON-SPACING RIGHT ARROW ABOVE
  general-category: Mn (Mark, Nonspacing)
  decomposition: (8407) ('⃗')

There are text properties here:
  fontified            t

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And the next character (letter E) output is:

             position: 46 of 49 (92%), column: 2
            character: E (displayed as E) (codepoint 69, #o105, #x45)
    preferred charset: ascii (ASCII (ISO646 IRV))
code point in charset: 0x45
               script: latin
               syntax: w    which means: word
             category: .:Base, L:Left-to-right (strong), a:ASCII, l:Latin, r:Roman
             to input: type "C-x 8 RET 45" or "C-x 8 RET LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E"
          buffer code: #x45
            file code: #x45 (encoded by coding system utf-8-unix)
              display: by this font (glyph code)
    xft:-GOOG-Noto Mono-normal-normal-normal-*-15-*-*-*-m-0-iso10646-1 (#x28)

Character code properties: customize what to show
  name: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
  general-category: Lu (Letter, Uppercase)
  decomposition: (69) ('E')

There are text properties here:
  fontified            t

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  • 1. It's not clear what is different between what you wanted to happen and what happened. Please clarify/elaborate. 2. What happens if you put the cursor just before the character(s) you get and you use C-u C-x =? What does Emacs tell you then about what that character is? 3. Can you move your cursor past the arrow but before the E? That would indicate that there are two characters present. If so, put your cursor there and do C-u C-x =. Try to provide as much info as you can about just what you want and what you get instead. – Drew Dec 26 '17 at 21:46
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Combining characters always combine with the character that comes before them, so put the E first. Note that in the output of C-u C-x = you pasted above, the arrow has combined with the space character that came before it.

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  • If I type E C-x 8 <RET> COMBINING RIGHT ARROW ABOVE <RET> the arrow doesn't appear above the letter. – Ahmed Elsawy Dec 27 '17 at 19:53
  • However, I found out that typing C-x 8 <RET> VECTOR OR CROSS PRODUCT <RET> C-x 8 <RET> COMBINING RIGHT ARROW ABOVE <RET> displays a cross product with a right arrow above it (as I wanted for letter E). – Ahmed Elsawy Dec 27 '17 at 19:59

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