U+132D "ጭ" Ethiopic Syllable Che Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ጭ
U+132D "ጭ" Ethiopic Syllable Che is a glyph in the Ethiopic script used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language, as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the consonant sound "ch" combined with the inherent vowel "ä," as is typical for the base form of Ethiopic syllables. This character belongs to the Unicode block Ethiopic, which encodes the ancient abugida system where each character represents a consonant vowel sequence. The use of "ጭ" is essential for accurately spelling many words in these languages, reflecting a distinctive sound that is central to their phonetic inventories.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+132D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Che |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ጭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ጭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8C 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x132D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000132D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u132d |