U+12F0 "ደ" Ethiopic Syllable Da Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12F0 "ደ" Ethiopic Syllable Da is a character from the Ethiopic script, which is used to write languages such as Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya. Specifically, this glyph represents the syllable "da" and belongs to the first order of the syllabary, where each character is built upon a consonant base with a vowel marker to indicate the accompanying sound. It is encoded in the Unicode block for Ethiopic, reflecting the script's status as an abugida, and is commonly encountered in liturgical texts and modern written forms of the languages that utilize this ancient writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12F0 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Da |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ደ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ደ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12F0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012F0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12f0 |