U+1266 "ቦ" Ethiopic Syllable Bo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቦ
U+1266 "ቦ" Ethiopic Syllable Bo is a symbol from the Geʽez script, which is used for writing several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. This specific character represents the syllable "bo" and is formed by modifying the base consonant በ (bä) with a diacritic or vowel marking that indicates the /o/ sound. As part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, it is commonly employed in digital text and computing to accurately represent the phonetic and linguistic needs of these languages, preserving the historical and cultural continuity of Ethiopic writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1266 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bo |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1266 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001266 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1266 |