U+121C "ሜ" Ethiopic Syllable Mee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሜ
U+121C "ሜ" Ethiopic Syllable Mee is a symbol from the Geʽez script, which is used for writing several languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea, including Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. This character represents the syllable "mee," combining the consonant sound "m" with the vowel "ee," and it is part of a broader syllabary where each consonant base modifies its shape with vowel markers. Its use is integral to the orthography of these languages, appearing in historical texts, modern literature, and everyday communication, thereby preserving a key aspect of the region's linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Mee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x121C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000121C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u121c |