U+127C "ቼ" Ethiopic Syllable Cee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ቼ
U+127C "ቼ" Ethiopic Syllable Cee is part of the Ethiopic script block used for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez, where it represents the syllable sound "cee," formed by the consonant /ʧ/ (like the "ch" in "cheese") combined with the vowel /e/. This character is derived from the base consonant "ቸ" (cha) modified with a diacritic to indicate the specific vowel and is integral to the syllabic writing system that organizes characters by consonant and vowel combinations. In digital text, it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent representation across platforms and software for Ethiopic languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+127C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Cee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ቼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ቼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x89 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x127C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000127C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u127c |