U+124A "ቊ" Ethiopic Syllable Qwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+124A "ቊ" Ethiopic Syllable Qwi is a written symbol from the Geʽez script, which is traditionally used for several languages of the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a syllable formed by the consonant "Q" combined with the vowel "wi," making it part of a complex syllabary system where each character denotes a specific consonant-vowel combination. In the Ethiopic script, this character is employed in the transcription of words and names, contributing to the precise phonetic representation required by these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this ancient script remains digitally accessible for modern communication, preservation, and scholarly work.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+124A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qwi |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x124A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000124A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u124a |