U+1225 "ሥ" Ethiopic Syllable Sze Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሥ
U+1225 "ሥ" Ethiopic Syllable Sze is a glyph within the Ethiopic script block, representing a syllabic sound used in the Geʽez language and its modern descendants like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character specifically denotes the syllable "sze," which is formed by modifying the base consonant "sz" with a particular vowel, reflecting the abugida writing system where each symbol inherently carries a vowel sound. As part of the rich literary and liturgical tradition of Ethiopia and Eritrea, "ሥ" is used in sacred texts, modern writing, and digital communication, preserving the phonetic and cultural heritage of these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1225 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Sze |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1225 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001225 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1225 |