U+123F "ሿ" Ethiopic Syllable Shwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ሿ
U+123F "ሿ" Ethiopic Syllable Shwa is a symbol from the Ethiopic script used for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez. Specifically, it represents a syllable pronounced as "shwa," combining the consonant sound "sh" with the neutral vowel known as a schwa. This character belongs to the Unicode block for Ethiopic, which encodes a wide range of characters to support the historical and modern usage of this abugida writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and text processing for speakers and scholars of these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+123F |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Shwa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ሿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ሿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x88 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x123F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000123F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u123f |