U+1207 "ሇ" Ethiopic Syllable Hoa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሇ
U+1207 "ሇ" Ethiopic Syllable Hoa is a glyph from the Ge'ez script used for writing several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, including Amharic and Tigrinya, and it represents the syllable "hoa". This character belongs to the Ethiopic block within the Unicode standard, where it is categorized as a syllable base that combines a consonant sound with a specific vowel. In its traditional usage, "ሇ" would be employed in liturgical and everyday written texts, contributing to the rich orthographic system that dates back centuries in the Horn of Africa. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the linguistic heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1207 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Hoa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1207 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001207 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1207 |