U+1206 "ሆ" Ethiopic Syllable Ho Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1206 "ሆ" Ethiopic Syllable Ho is a character in the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya languages among others in the Horn of Africa. This specific character represents the syllable "ho", and its glyph is derived from the base consonant "ሀ" (ha) combined with a diacritic or modified form to indicate the vowel sound "o". In the Ethiopic writing system, which is an abugida, each character represents a consonant plus a vowel, and U+1206 fits into the first order of the syllabary corresponding to the labialized velar or glottal sounds. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for digital representation and processing of texts in these languages, supporting cultural preservation and modern communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+1206
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Ho
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ሆ
HTML Hex Encoding ሆ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x88 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1206
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001206
C/C++/Java Escape \u1206

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Ethiopic
Script Extensions Ethiopic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter