U+1256 "ቖ" Ethiopic Syllable Qho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1256 "ቖ" Ethiopic Syllable Qho is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. It represents a syllable composed of the consonant "Q" combined with the vowel "o" (pronounced as "qho" or "kho"), reflecting the script’s abugida system where each character inherently carries a specific vowel sound. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, codified to preserve and digitize historical and modern texts within the Geʽez script tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1256 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qho |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1256 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001256 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1256 |