U+1204 "ሄ" Ethiopic Syllable Hee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1204 "ሄ" Ethiopic Syllable Hee is a specific character in the Ethiopic script used primarily for the Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya languages. It represents the syllable "hee," where the consonant "h" is modified by the vowel "e," which is indicated by a diacritical mark attached to the base consonant shape. In the Ge'ez abugida, which is the writing system underlying these languages, this character functions as a distinct unit in the syllabic writing system. U+1204 is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, and it is employed in both historical and modern texts to accurately represent words and sounds in the Semitic languages of the Horn of Africa, ensuring proper pronunciation and semantic clarity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1204 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Hee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1204 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001204 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1204 |