U+1217 "ሗ" Ethiopic Syllable Hhwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1217 "ሗ" Ethiopic Syllable Hhwa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script, also known as Ge'ez, used historically for liturgical languages like Ge'ez and modernly for languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a syllable pronounced as "hhwa," where the initial consonant is a voiceless pharyngeal fricative, similar to the sound of "h" in English but articulated deeper in the throat, and it is modified by the vowel "wa." This character is part of a syllabary system where the base consonant letter is altered with diacritic marks or changes in shape to denote different attached vowels, and its specific use and form are maintained for accurate text processing, digital communication, and cultural preservation across Ethiopian and Eritrean language communities.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ሗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ሗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x88 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1217 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001217 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1217 |
Unicode Properties