U+12B3 "ኳ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12B3 "ኳ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwaa is a character in the Ethiopic script used for writing languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya, representing the syllable pronounced "kwaa." It belongs to the Geʽez abugida, where each character denotes a consonant combined with a specific vowel sound, and in this case the "kw" labiovelar consonant cluster is paired with the vowel "aa." This character is encoded in the Unicode standard to facilitate digital representation and exchange of Ethiopic languages, particularly in contexts like computing, text processing, and web content, ensuring that the distinct phonetics of these languages are accurately preserved.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12B3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kwaa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12b3 |