U+121D "ም" Ethiopic Syllable Me Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ም
U+121D "ም" Ethiopic Syllable Me is a character used in the Geʽez script, primarily for writing the Amharic and Tigrinya languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It represents the syllable "me," formed by the consonant sound "m" combined with the inherent vowel "e" (or a variation thereof) in the Ethiopic abugida writing system. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, which encodes the historical and modern script used for liturgical texts and contemporary communication. Its inclusion in the standard ensures that digital text processing and display systems can properly handle this essential component of these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+121D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Me |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ም |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ም |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x121D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000121D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u121d |