U+12FE "ዾ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12FE "ዾ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddo is a character in the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya languages in the Horn of Africa. This specific glyph represents a syllable corresponding to the sound "ddo," which is a consonant starting with a retroflex or emphatic d sound combined with the vowel 'o.' It belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is part of a system where each base consonant character is modified by a diacritic or a change in shape to indicate different vowels. The character is essential for accurately transcribing and reading the languages that use the script, preserving the phonetic distinctions necessary for correct pronunciation and meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12FE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ddo |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ዾ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ዾ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8B 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x12FE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000012FE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u12fe |