U+12F2 "ዲ" Ethiopic Syllable Di Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዲ
U+12F2 "ዲ" Ethiopic Syllable Di is a character used for writing the Ge'ez language and modern Ethiopic scripts such as Amharic and Tigrinya, where it represents the syllable "di". It belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is part of the abugida writing system, where each character represents a consonant combined with a specific vowel sound. In this system, the base character is typically modified to indicate different vowels, and "ዲ" is the form derived from the consonant "ድ" (d) combined with the vowel "i". This character is commonly found in religious texts, literature, and everyday writing in the Horn of Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12F2 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Di |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12F2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012F2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12f2 |