U+1237 "ሷ" Ethiopic Syllable Swa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1237 "ሷ" Ethiopic Syllable Swa is a specific glyph in the Geʽez script used for writing several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It belongs to the syllable family based on the consonant 's' and the vowel 'wa', representing the phonetic sound /swa/. As part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, this character helps preserve and enable digital communication for the rich linguistic heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1237 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Swa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1237 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001237 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1237 |