U+12F1 "ዱ" Ethiopic Syllable Du Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዱ
U+12F1 "ዱ" Ethiopic Syllable Du is a typographic symbol in the Ethiopic script, representing the voiced alveolar consonant /d/ combined with the vowel /u/. This character is part of the Ge'ez writing system, which is historically used for liturgical texts in Ethiopia and Eritrea and serves as the foundation for modern scripts like Amharic and Tigrinya. In practical use, "ዱ" functions as a single syllable in these languages, appearing in words such as the Amharic term ዱባ (duba) meaning "pumpkin". Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures proper digital representation and processing of Ethiopic texts across diverse software and platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12F1 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Du |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዱ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዱ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12F1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012F1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12f1 |