U+12B4 "ኴ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12B4 "ኴ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwee is a glyph in the Ethiopic block used for writing the Geʽez language, as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya, representing the syllable pronounced "kwee" or "kʷi." It is formed from the base consonant character corresponding to "k" with a diacritic modification to denote the labiovelar "w" sound combined with the vowel "e." This character is part of a larger syllabary system where each character encodes a consonant-vowel combination, reflecting the phonetic structure of Ethiopic scripts. Historically, this syllable would have been used in liturgical texts and continues to appear in contemporary writing for languages in the Horn of Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12B4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kwee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12B4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012B4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12b4 |