U+1265 "ብ" Ethiopic Syllable Be Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ብ
U+1265 "ብ" Ethiopic Syllable Be is a character from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language, as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. Representing the syllable "be", it belongs to the fidel or abugida writing system where each character denotes a consonant combined with a specific vowel sound. In the Ethiopic block of Unicode, this character is formed by modifying the base consonant "በ" (ba) with a vowel diacritic to indicate the "e" sound. Its usage is essential for accurately transcribing and preserving the rich literary and liturgical traditions of Ethiopian and Eritrean cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1265 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Be |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ብ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ብ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1265 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001265 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1265 |