U+131E "ጞ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+131E "ጞ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggo is a glyph from the Ge'ez script, used primarily for writing the Ethiopic or Ge'ez languages as well as modern Amharic and Tigrinya. This particular character represents the syllable "ggo," which is a velar consonant sound combined with the vowel "o," and it is part of the extensive syllabary system that forms the foundation of these writing systems. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Ethiopic block, allowing for digital representation and text processing of ancient and contemporary Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. Its distinct shape reflects the script’s historical development from the South Arabian alphabet and its adaptation to represent the phonetic nuances of the region's languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+131E
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Ggo
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ጞ
HTML Hex Encoding ጞ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8C 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x131E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000131E
C/C++/Java Escape \u131e

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