U+1281 "ኁ" Ethiopic Syllable Xu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1281 "ኁ" Ethiopic Syllable Xu is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, specifically representing the syllable "xu" as used in the Ge'ez and Amharic languages. It belongs to the block of Ethiopic characters that includes a series of syllabic signs derived from the consonant ኀ (Ḫä) combined with different vowel modifications, in this case the vowel sign for "u". This character, like others in its family, is used primarily for liturgical texts in Ge'ez or in modern writings of Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, forming an essential part of the abugida system where each symbol denotes a consonant-vowel combination.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1281 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Xu |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1281 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001281 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1281 |