U+12FA "ዺ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ዺ
U+12FA "ዺ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddi is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, specifically part of the Geʽez abugida used for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. This character represents the syllable "ddi" and is formed by modifying the base consonant sign for the sound "d" with a diacritic that indicates a particular vowel or syllabic modification. In the Ethiopic writing system, each character inherently contains a vowel sound, and variations like ዺ expand the script's ability to represent a broad range of phonetic distinctions essential for correct pronunciation and meaning in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12FA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ddi |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12FA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012FA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12fa |