U+1339 "ጹ" Ethiopic Syllable Tsu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1339 "ጹ" Ethiopic Syllable Tsu is a symbol from the Geʽez script, which is an ancient alphasyllabary system used primarily to write the Semitic languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea, such as Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents a specific syllable, combining the consonant sound “Ts” (or a similar affricate) with the vowel “u,” and it belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode, which was designed to support digital text processing for these languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard enables correct representation and rendering of texts that utilize this syllable, preserving the linguistic heritage and facilitating communication in modern computing environments, particularly for writing words like “ጹፉ” (tsufu) or other terms that require this particular sound.

General Properties

Code Point U+1339
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Tsu
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ጹ
HTML Hex Encoding ጹ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8C 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1339
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001339
C/C++/Java Escape \u1339

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