U+1345 "ፅ" Ethiopic Syllable Tze Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1345 "ፅ" Ethiopic Syllable Tze is a symbol from the Geʽez script, used for writing several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages including Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable pronounced as "tze" or "tsɛ," formed by the consonant /ts/ combined with the inherent vowel /ä/. This character belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is commonly employed in liturgical texts as well as modern orthography, where it corresponds to a specific sibilant affricate sound distinct from other dental or palatal syllables. Its visual design features a distinctive looped form that is characteristic of the Geʽez script’s syllabic writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1345 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Tze |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1345 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001345 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1345 |