U+1363 "፣" Ethiopic Comma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
፣
U+1363 "፣" Ethiopic Comma is a punctuation mark used in the Ge'ez script and in the modern orthographies of languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya, where it functions to separate clauses or list items, analogous to the comma in Latin-based writing systems. Its distinctive shape, resembling a rotated or stylized asterisk, sets it apart from other scripts. This character belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode, which encodes the ancient syllabary originally developed for the Ge'ez language, and its inclusion ensures proper digital representation of the punctuation in written texts, supporting the nuanced syntax of the Horn of Africa's major languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1363 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Comma |
| Block | Ethiopic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ፣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ፣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8D 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1363 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001363 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1363 |
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 |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |