U+1383 "ᎃ" Ethiopic Syllable Mwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᎃ
U+1383 "ᎃ" Ethiopic Syllable Mwe is a glyph used in the Ge'ez script, specifically within the Ethiopian and Eritrean writing systems for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "mwe," formed by combining the consonant sound "m" with the vowel "we," and is part of the Ethiopic Extended block in Unicode, which was added to support the full range of syllabic sounds in these languages. The character appears as a distinct symbol derived from the base consonant "ም" (me) with a modified vowel marking, enabling precise phonetic transcription in texts such as religious manuscripts, educational materials, and modern digital communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1383 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Mwe |
| Block | Ethiopic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᎃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᎃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8E 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1383 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001383 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1383 |