U+12DA "ዚ" Ethiopic Syllable Zi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዚ
U+12DA "ዚ" Ethiopic Syllable Zi is a symbol from the Ethiopic script used primarily for writing Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya, and other languages in the Horn of Africa. It represents the syllable "zi," which is formed by combining the consonant sound "z" with the vowel "i." This character is part of a larger set of syllabic signs in the Ethiopic abugida, where each consonant base modifies its shape to indicate different vowels. Historically, the Ethiopic script has been used for centuries in liturgical texts and modern writing, and "ዚ" appears in everyday vocabulary as well as in religious and classical literature.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12DA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Zi |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12DA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012DA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12da |