U+1323 "ጣ" Ethiopic Syllable Thaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ጣ
U+1323 "ጣ" Ethiopic Syllable Thaa is a character from the Geʽez script used to write the Ethiopic syllable representing the sound "thaa" or "þa," as part of the classic syllabary for classical Ethiopic (Geʽez), Amharic, and Tigrinya languages. It belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is constructed from the consonant sign for ተ (t) combined with a vowel diacritic to indicate the "aa" or lengthened "a" vowel, reflecting the alphabetic syllabic system of the script. In contemporary usage, this character is essential for accurate transcription and written communication in Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, helping to distinguish this specific syllable from others like ታ (ta) or ቱ (tu).
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1323 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Thaa |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ጣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ጣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8C 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1323 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001323 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1323 |