U+1216 "ሖ" Ethiopic Syllable Hho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሖ
U+1216 "ሖ" Ethiopic Syllable Hho is a symbol from the Geʽez script, used primarily for writing the Ethiopian Semitic languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable pronounced as "hho" with a seventh-order vowel, which is a very short or sometimes omitted vowel sound in the Geʽez syllabary tradition. This character is derived from the base consonant sign for "h" and belongs to the Ethiopic block of the Unicode standard, which was added to support the digital representation of these ancient and modern languages. In modern usage, "ሖ" appears in religious texts, literature, and everyday writing across Ethiopia and Eritrea.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1216 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Hho |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1216 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001216 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1216 |