U+120C "ሌ" Ethiopic Syllable Lee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሌ
U+120C "ሌ" Ethiopic Syllable Lee is a symbol from the Ge'ez script, used to represent the syllable /le/ in the Ethiopic or Ge'ez writing system, which is employed for languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez itself. This character belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is formed by modifying the base consonant "ለ" (la) with a specific vowel diacritic to indicate the "ee" sound, reflecting the script's abugida nature where each consonant base is altered for vowel representation. In digital text, it enables accurate encoding of Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, preserving cultural and linguistic heritage in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+120C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Lee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x120C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000120C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u120c |