U+1279 "ቹ" Ethiopic Syllable Cu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1279 "ቹ" Ethiopic Syllable Cu is a glyph in the Ethiopic script used for writing languages like Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez, representing the syllable pronounced "cu" or "ču" (similar to the 'ch' in "chew"). It is part of a large family of syllabic characters in the Ethiopic block, where each base consonant is modified by a vowel diacritic, and this particular character is formed from the consonant "ቸ" (čä) combined with the fourth-order vowel marker to produce the "u" sound. In the Unicode standard, it occupies position U+1279 and is encoded for digital text representation, ensuring consistent display across platforms and fonts for users of these East African languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1279 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Cu |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1279 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001279 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1279 |