U+1302 "ጂ" Ethiopic Syllable Ji Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1302 "ጂ" Ethiopic Syllable Ji is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing the Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya languages, where it represents the syllable sound "ji". It belongs to the Ethiopic block of the Unicode standard, positioned within the range of characters that encode the ancient abugida script originating in the Horn of Africa. The character is composed of a base consonant symbol modified with a diacritic or a specific form to indicate the vowel "i", reflecting the syllabic nature of the writing system where each consonant base combines with an inherent or marked vowel to form a distinct unit. In digital texts, this character enables accurate representation of Ethiopic languages in modern computing environments, preserving the linguistic and cultural heritage of the region.

General Properties

Code Point U+1302
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Ji
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ጂ
HTML Hex Encoding ጂ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8C 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1302
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001302
C/C++/Java Escape \u1302

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Ethiopic
Script Extensions Ethiopic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter