U+1247 "ቇ" Ethiopic Syllable Qoa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቇ
U+1247 "ቇ" Ethiopic Syllable Qoa is a specific symbol within the Ethiopic script, used for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez. It represents a syllable combining the consonant sound "q" with the vowel "o," producing a voiceless uvular plosive sound. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, which systematically encodes the syllabary where each base consonant is modified by a vowel diacritic. In practical use, "ቇ" appears in texts, digital documents, and software that support Ethiopic writing systems, contributing to the accurate representation of these languages in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1247 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qoa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1247 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001247 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1247 |