U+124D "ቍ" Ethiopic Syllable Qwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቍ
U+124D "ቍ" Ethiopic Syllable Qwe is a character used in the Ethiopic script, primarily for writing the Ge'ez language as well as modern Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable pronounced "qwe," formed by the consonant "q" combined with the vowel "e." This character is part of the Ethiopic Extended block in Unicode, which encodes the complex syllabary system where each consonant has a set of modified forms to denote different vowel sounds. In liturgical and literary contexts, "ቍ" helps preserve the phonetic structure of ancient texts and remains in use for linguistic accuracy in contemporary Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+124D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qwe |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x124D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000124D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u124d |