U+1277 "ቷ" Ethiopic Syllable Twa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1277 "ቷ" Ethiopic Syllable Twa is a glyph from the Ethiopic script used to write languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya, representing a syllable composed of the consonant "t" and the vowel "wa." This character belongs to the Geʽez block of Unicode and is part of a systematic series of syllabic signs derived from the basic consonant letter "ተ" (te), which is modified by a diacritic or a slight shape change to indicate the specific vowel. In the Ethiopic writing system known as abugida, each symbol inherently carries a vowel sound, and U+1277 corresponds to the seventh-order vowel, commonly pronounced as "twa" or "tʷa" depending on the language. It is used in everyday written communication, religious texts, and official documents within the Horn of Africa, serving as a fundamental building block for representing words that begin with or contain this particular sound combination.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ቷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ቷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0x89 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1277 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001277 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1277 |
Unicode Properties