U+1346 "ፆ" Ethiopic Syllable Tzo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ፆ
U+1346 "ፆ" Ethiopic Syllable Tzo is a symbol from the Geʽez script, which is used to write several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable pronounced as "tzo," with the consonant "tz" combined with the vowel "o," and is part of the Ethiopic block of Unicode. This character is employed in religious and literary texts, particularly in the context of Ethiopian Orthodox traditions and languages where the Geʽez script remains culturally significant.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1346 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Tzo |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1346 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001346 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1346 |