U+1288 "ኈ" Ethiopic Syllable Xwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1288 "ኈ" Ethiopic Syllable Xwa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script block used for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge’ez. It represents the syllable "xwa," where the consonant is a voiceless velar fricative sound similar to the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch," combined with the vowel "wa." This character is part of the Ge’ez abugida, a writing system where each character denotes a consonant plus an inherent or modified vowel, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support the digital representation of these ancient and modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1288 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Xwa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1288 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001288 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1288 |