U+12B0 "ኰ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ኰ
U+12B0 "ኰ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwa is part of the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Geʽez language, as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. This particular character represents a syllabic sound combining a velar consonant with the vowel ‘a’ and the labialization marker resulting in a ‘kwa’ pronunciation, and it belongs to a larger set of syllabary symbols that are derived from the ancient Geʽez abjad. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation of these languages, ensuring proper text processing and display across modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12B0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kwa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12B0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012B0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12b0 |