U+1330 "ጰ" Ethiopic Syllable Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ጰ
U+1330 "ጰ" Ethiopic Syllable Pha is a character from the Ethiopic script used to write several languages, most notably Amharic and Tigrinya, where it represents a syllable pronounced as "pha" with a specific glottalized or aspirated sound. This character is part of a larger syllabary system that organizes consonants with vowel diacritics, and its presence in the Unicode Standard ensures digital representation and communication for languages that rely on the Ge'ez-derived script. As a result, it facilitates accurate text processing, typing, and display across modern computing platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1330 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Pha |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ጰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ጰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8C 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1330 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001330 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1330 |