U+1261 "ቡ" Ethiopic Syllable Bu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቡ
U+1261 "ቡ" Ethiopic Syllable Bu is part of the Ethiopic script, which is used to write languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez. This specific character represents the syllable "bu" and is derived from the base consonant letter "በ" (ba), modified with a diacritic to indicate the vowel sound "u." It is encoded under the Unicode standard, starting from version 3.0, and belongs to the Ethiopic block, which includes numerous syllabic characters essential for representing the phonetic structure of these Afroasiatic languages. In digital text, this character enables accurate rendering and communication of Ethiopian and Eritrean languages across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1261 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bu |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1261 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001261 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1261 |