U+12A8 "ከ" Ethiopic Syllable Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ከ
U+12A8 "ከ" Ethiopic Syllable Ka is a character from the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language, as well as Amharic and Tigrinya among other languages in the Horn of Africa. This character represents the syllable "ka," combining a consonant sound with a vowel, as part of a syllabary system where each symbol denotes a specific consonant-vowel sequence. The Ethiopic script, also known as the Ge'ez abugida, has ancient origins dating back to the first millennium BCE, and the character ከ plays a fundamental role in the writing of these languages, reflecting the script's phonetic structure and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12A8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ka |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ከ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ከ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12a8 |