U+12CC "ዌ" Ethiopic Syllable Wee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዌ
U+12CC "ዌ" Ethiopic Syllable Wee is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, representing the syllable "wee" in languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is derived from the Geʽez abugida, where consonant and vowel components are combined into a single character. This specific syllable uses the base consonant "ው" (wä) with a vowel diacritic indicating the "e" sound. The character is used in modern liturgical and everyday writing for these languages, preserving the ancient script’s phonetic precision and cultural significance. As part of Unicode’s efforts to encode global writing systems, U+12CC helps ensure digital representation and accessibility for Ethiopic-speaking communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12CC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Wee |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12CC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12cc |