U+125D "ቝ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቝ
U+125D "ቝ" Ethiopic Syllable Qhwe is a specific glyph used in the Geʽez script, which is the writing system for classical Ethiopic and modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents a syllable pronounced as "qhwe," where the consonant "q" is articulated as a velar ejective, followed by the labialized vowel sound "we." It belongs to a set of characters that form part of the Ethiopian and Eritrean syllabary, playing a role in the orthography of these languages to convey precise phonetic distinctions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+125D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qhwe |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x125D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000125D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u125d |