U+1272 "ቲ" Ethiopic Syllable Ti Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1272 "ቲ" Ethiopic Syllable Ti is a symbol from the Geʽez script, used in the Ethiopic writing system for languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. It represents the syllable "ti" and is part of a larger set of syllabic characters derived from the consonant letter ተ, with a vowel modifier indicating the /i/ sound. Historically, this script originated in the ancient Kingdom of Aksum and remains central to liturgical and modern communication in the Horn of Africa, where "ቲ" functions as a fundamental unit in writing words and texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1272
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Ti
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ቲ
HTML Hex Encoding ቲ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x89 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1272
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001272
C/C++/Java Escape \u1272

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Ethiopic
Script Extensions Ethiopic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter