U+12AC "ኬ" Ethiopic Syllable Kee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12AC "ኬ" Ethiopic Syllable Kee is a glyph from the Geʽez script, traditionally used to write the Ethiopic or Geʽez language as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents the syllable "kee," combining the consonant sound /k/ with the vowel /eː/, and is encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Ethiopic block, supporting digital text representation for liturgical and everyday written communication. Its design follows the distinctive angular and geometric patterns of the Ethiopic script, reflecting centuries of literary and religious heritage in the Horn of Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12AC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12AC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012AC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12ac |