U+12EA "ዪ" Ethiopic Syllable Yi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12EA "ዪ" Ethiopic Syllable Yi is a symbol from the Ethiopic script, specifically representing the syllable "yi" as used in the Geʽez language and modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It is part of the Unicode block spanning U+1200 to U+137F, which encodes the syllabic writing system traditionally employed for liturgical and everyday texts across the Horn of Africa. This character is formed by modifying the base consonant sign for "y" with a vowel diacritic, following the script's complex orthographic rules, and it remains essential for accurately writing words that include the yi sound in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12EA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Yi |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12ea |