U+1298 "ኘ" Ethiopic Syllable Nya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ኘ
U+1298 "ኘ" Ethiopic Syllable Nya is a glyph used in the Geʽez script, which is the traditional writing system for several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a consonant-vowel syllable specifically pronounced as "nya," combining the /ɲ/ sound (similar to the "ny" in "canyon") with the inherent vowel "ä." In the Geʽez syllabary, this character is part of a family of signs derived from the base consonant "ነ" (na) and is distinguished by a unique modification to represent the "ny" sound, which is essential for accurately spelling indigenous words and proper names in languages that use this script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1298 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Nya |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1298 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001298 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1298 |