U+12C2 "ዂ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዂ
U+12C2 "ዂ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxwi is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, specifically representing a syllable in the Ge'ez language and other languages that use this writing system, such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It encodes the sound "kxwi," which combines a velar or uvular consonant with the vowel "u" and a labialization or rounding effect, and is part of a larger set of syllabic characters that emerged from a 1997 amendment to the Unicode Standard. This character belongs to Block U+1200 to U+137F, the Ethiopic block, and is used in writing systems that transcribe the ancient liturgical language Ge'ez as well as modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, contributing to the preservation and digital representation of their linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12C2 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kxwi |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12C2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12c2 |