U+1387 "ᎇ" Ethiopic Syllable Bwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᎇ
U+1387 "ᎇ" Ethiopic Syllable Bwe is part of the Ethiopic Extended block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support the Ge'ez script and its various syllabic forms used for several languages in the Horn of Africa, such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Tigre. This specific character represents the syllable "bwe," formed by combining the consonant sound "b" with the vowel "we," and it is used in written texts alongside other syllabic glyphs to convey precise pronunciation and meaning. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital communication, documents, and historical or liturgical works in Ethiopian and Eritrean languages can be accurately typed, displayed, and preserved across different platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1387 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bwe |
| Block | Ethiopic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᎇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᎇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8E 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1387 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001387 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1387 |