U+12C5 "ዅ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዅ
U+12C5 "ዅ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxwe is a letter in the Geʽez script, which is used for writing several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, most prominently Amharic and Tigrinya. This specific character represents a syllable that combines the consonant sound "kx" (a voiceless velar ejective) with the vowel "we," forming part of the complex syllabary system where each consonant has multiple forms corresponding to different vowel patterns. It is categorized within the Unicode block Ethiopic, which encompasses the historical script that originated as an abjad before evolving into an abugida, and its use helps preserve and digitally represent the linguistic heritage of the Horn of Africa region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12C5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Kxwe |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12C5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012C5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12c5 |