U+1255 "ቕ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቕ
U+1255 "ቕ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhe is a character in the Ethiopic script, used to represent a syllable pronounced with an ejective velar or uvular consonant, typically transliterated as "qhe," and is part of the Ge'ez abugida writing system used for languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez itself. It is encoded in the Unicode block called Ethiopic and serves as a fundamental component in representing the phonetic inventory of these languages, specifically denoting the sound made by constricting the throat while producing a /k/ or /q/ sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1255 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qhe |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1255 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001255 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1255 |