U+1251 "ቑ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቑ
U+1251 "ቑ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhu is a character in the Ethiopic script, representing a specific syllable in the Ge‘ez language and its modern descendants like Amharic and Tigrinya. It functions as a syllabogram, combining the consonant sound "q" with the vowel sound "u" to form the distinct syllable "qhu". This character is part of the Ethiopic block of the Unicode standard, which encodes the writing system used primarily in Ethiopia and Eritrea for liturgical and literary purposes. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent this syllable, preserving the linguistic heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1251 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qhu |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1251 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001251 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1251 |