U+134E "ፎ" Ethiopic Syllable Fo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ፎ
U+134E "ፎ" Ethiopic Syllable Fo is an element of the Ge'ez script used for writing various Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez itself. This character represents a syllable composed of the consonant sound "f" combined with the vowel "o", as part of the standard syllabary order for the Ethiopic abugida. Originally derived from the ancient Ge'ez script, which has been in continuous use for over a millennium, this character plays a role in both liturgical texts and modern written communication within the Horn of Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+134E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Fo |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x134E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000134E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u134e |