U+123E "ሾ" Ethiopic Syllable Sho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሾ
U+123E "ሾ" Ethiopic Syllable Sho is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, specifically representing the syllable "sho" as used in languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. This character is part of the Ethiopic block of Unicode, which encodes the ancient Geʽez writing system and its modern derivatives. It is composed of a consonant base modified by a diacritic or vowel marking to indicate the /ʃo/ sound, and it is used in contexts ranging from religious texts to contemporary digital communication in the Horn of Africa. As a standardized digital character, it ensures consistent representation across platforms for writing and preserving the languages that utilize the Ethiopic syllabary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+123E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Sho |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x123E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000123E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u123e |