U+1253 "ቓ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቓ
U+1253 "ቓ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhaa is part of the Ethiopic block, which is used for writing languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This specific character represents the syllable "qhaa," formed by combining the consonant sound "qh" with the vowel "aa." In the Ge'ez script, the letter is derived from the base character "ቐ" (Qha) with a modification to indicate the long "a" vowel. It is commonly used in liturgical texts and modern Ethiopian languages to transcribe a voiceless velar or uvular ejective fricative sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1253 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qhaa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1253 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001253 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1253 |