U+1223 "ሣ" Ethiopic Syllable Szaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሣ
U+1223 "ሣ" Ethiopic Syllable Szaa is a symbol from the Ethiopic script, specifically part of the Geʽez writing system used for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents the syllable "szaa," a sound formed by the consonant "sz" paired with the vowel "aa," which is the fourth vowel order in the traditional syllabary. It is encoded in the Unicode block for Ethiopic to support digital text representation and processing of these languages, enabling correct rendering and communication in computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1223 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Szaa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1223 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001223 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1223 |