U+1270 "ተ" Ethiopic Syllable Ta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ተ
U+1270 "ተ" Ethiopic Syllable Ta is a fundamental glyph in the Ge'ez script, used for writing several Ethiopic languages including Amharic and Tigrinya, where it represents the syllable "ta." As part of the Ethiopic syllabary system, this character is encoded for digital text to preserve the rich literary and liturgical traditions of the Horn of Africa, enabling accurate electronic representation of ancient manuscripts and modern daily communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1270 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ta |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ተ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ተ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1270 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001270 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1270 |