U+12B8 "ኸ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ኸ
U+12B8 "ኸ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script, which is historically used for writing several languages in the Horn of Africa, most notably Amharic and Tigrinya. This specific character represents the syllable "kxa," distinguished by a diacritic modification of the base consonant sign to indicate a particular vowel sound. It is part of the Ge'ez abugida, where each character denotes a consonant plus an inherent or marked vowel, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures correct digital representation and interoperability across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12B8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kxa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12B8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12b8 |