U+12AE "ኮ" Ethiopic Syllable Ko Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ኮ
U+12AE "ኮ" Ethiopic Syllable Ko is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing the Geʽez language and modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "ko," which is formed by combining the consonant sound "k" with the vowel "o," following the syllabic structure typical of the Ethiopic abugida. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, which was included to support digital representation of these languages, enabling text processing and communication in their native scripts. Its shape features a distinctive angular form, common in the script, with a horizontal top bar and a vertical stem, visually distinct from related syllables like "ke" or "ka."
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12AE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ko |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12ae |