U+1342 "ፂ" Ethiopic Syllable Tzi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1342 "ፂ" Ethiopic Syllable Tzi is a symbol from the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language, a classical language of Ethiopia and Eritrea, as well as for modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents the syllable pronounced "tzi" and belongs to the syllabary system where each character denotes a consonant combined with a specific vowel sound. It is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, which encodes the traditional script that has been in use for over two millennia, originally developed for liturgical texts and later adapted for various African languages. The character's visual form features a distinctive angular shape with a horizontal bar and a vertical stroke, typical of the Ethiopic writing system's aesthetic and structural design.

General Properties

Code Point U+1342
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Tzi
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ፂ
HTML Hex Encoding ፂ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8D 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1342
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001342
C/C++/Java Escape \u1342

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