U+122B "ራ" Ethiopic Syllable Raa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ራ
U+122B "ራ" Ethiopic Syllable Raa is a character from the Ethiopic script, which is used for writing languages like Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez. This specific syllabic character represents the sound "raa" and is part of a larger set of symbols known as the Ge'ez abugida, where each consonant base combines with vowel modifiers to create distinct syllables. In the Ethiopic writing system, "ራ" is formed by taking the consonant symbol for "r" (ረ) and adding a diacritic or alteration to indicate the accompanying "aa" vowel sound, making it essential for accurately transcribing words and phrases in these Afroasiatic languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+122B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Raa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ራ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ራ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x122B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000122B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u122b |