U+12BC "ኼ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ኼ
U+12BC "ኼ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxee is a character used to represent a specific syllable in the Geʽez script, which is traditionally employed for writing the Ethiopian Semitic languages such as Geʽez, Amharic, and Tigrinya. This particular character encodes the sound "kxe" with a long "e" vowel, and it belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode, which organizes script symbols from the ancient and modern language traditions of the Horn of Africa. As part of a syllabary, U+12BC helps enable accurate digital representation and typing of texts that require this distinct phonetic value, supporting linguistic preservation and modern communication in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12BC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kxee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ኼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ኼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8A 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12bc |