U+1329 "ጩ" Ethiopic Syllable Chu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1329 "ጩ" Ethiopic Syllable Chu is a glyph from the Geʽez script, which is traditionally used to write the Ethiopic Semitic languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea, including Amharic and Tigrinya. This specific character represents the syllable "chu," composed of a consonant sound and the vowel "u," and is part of the standard syllabary system where each character denotes a consonant vowel combination. It belongs to the block of Ethiopic characters in the Unicode standard, which was designed to facilitate digital representation and processing of these ancient and widely spoken languages. The character is distinct from others in the script due to its unique shape, featuring a prominent central loop and a curved tail, and it plays a functional role in writing words and texts across the region's literary and everyday communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+1329
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Chu
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ጩ
HTML Hex Encoding ጩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8C 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1329
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001329
C/C++/Java Escape \u1329

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