U+12AD "ክ" Ethiopic Syllable Ke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ክ
U+12AD "ክ" Ethiopic Syllable Ke is a glyph from the Geʽez script, used for writing the Ethiopic or Geʽez language, as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "ke" and belongs to a larger set of syllabic characters that evolved from the ancient Semitic abjad script, where each consonant base is modified with diacritic marks to indicate different vowel sounds. This character, part of the Unicode Standard's Ethiopic block, ensures digital preservation and global accessibility for written communication across the Horn of Africa, maintaining cultural and linguistic heritage in modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12AD |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ke |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ክ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ክ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12AD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012AD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12ad |