U+12EF "ዯ" Ethiopic Syllable Yoa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዯ
U+12EF "ዯ" Ethiopic Syllable Yoa is a character from the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language and modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. This specific glyph represents the syllable "yoa," formed by combining the consonant sound with the vowel "oa," and is part of a larger syllabary system where each character denotes a consonant-vowel combination. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text in these languages can be accurately represented and transmitted across modern computing platforms, preserving the script's historical and cultural significance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12EF |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Yoa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12EF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012EF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12ef |