U+1356 "ፖ" Ethiopic Syllable Po Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1356 "ፖ" Ethiopic Syllable Po is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language and various modern languages of the Horn of Africa, such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "po," which is formed by combining the consonant sound "p" with the vowel "o," and is part of a larger set of characters in the Ethiopic abugida where each symbol inherently includes a vowel sound. This specific syllable is constructed by modifying the base consonant character for "p" (ፐ) with a diacritic or orthographic adjustment to indicate the "o" vowel, contributing to the rich phonetic system of the script. In standard digital encoding, U+1356 allows for the accurate representation of this syllable in electronic text, enabling proper communication and preservation of languages that utilize the Ethiopic writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+1356
Version Added 3.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Po
Block Ethiopic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ፖ
HTML Hex Encoding ፖ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8D 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1356
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001356
C/C++/Java Escape \u1356

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