U+12CE "ዎ" Ethiopic Syllable Wo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዎ
U+12CE "ዎ" Ethiopic Syllable Wo is a symbol from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing languages like Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez. This character represents the syllable "wo," which combines the consonant "w" with the vowel "o," and is part of a larger syllabary that arranges characters by vowel series. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent this syllable, facilitating modern communication and preservation of Afroasiatic languages that rely on the Ge'ez abugida.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12CE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Wo |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12ce |