U+132E "ጮ" Ethiopic Syllable Cho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ጮ
U+132E "ጮ" Ethiopic Syllable Cho is part of the Ethiopic script block, used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language as well as modern languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. This character represents the syllable "cho" and is derived from the base consonant "ጨ" (a palatalized or aspirated sound) combined with a modified vowel diacritic to produce the /t͡ʃo/ phoneme. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation and exchange of Ethiopic texts, preserving the literary and liturgical heritage of the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+132E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Cho |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ጮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ጮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8C 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x132E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000132E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u132e |