U+1349 "ፉ" Ethiopic Syllable Fu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1349 "ፉ" Ethiopic Syllable Fu is a glyph from the Geʽez script, used primarily for writing the Ethiopian Semitic languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya, representing the syllable "fu." It belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode, which encompasses consonants modified by vowel diacritics to form syllables, and its visual form derives from the base consonant "ፈ" (fä) combined with the vowel sign for "u." This character is employed in liturgical texts as well as modern digital communication in Ethiopia and Eritrea, where the Geʽez script remains a vital part of cultural and linguistic identity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1349 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Fu |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1349 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001349 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1349 |