U+12E3 "ዣ" Ethiopic Syllable Zhaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዣ
U+12E3 "ዣ" Ethiopic Syllable Zhaa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script used primarily for writing the Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya languages. It represents the syllable "zhaa" which is a labiovelarized or open-mid variant of the consonant "zh" combined with a long "a" vowel sound, and it belongs to the broader set of syllabic characters that form the foundation of the Ge'ez abugida writing system. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Ethiopic block, enabling its consistent representation across digital platforms for proper linguistic and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12E3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Zhaa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12E3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012E3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12e3 |