U+138B "ᎋ" Ethiopic Syllable Fwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᎋ
U+138B "ᎋ" Ethiopic Syllable Fwe is a specific glyph within the Unicode Standard's Ethiopic Extended block, used to represent a syllable in the Ge'ez script, which is traditionally employed for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Ge'ez itself. This character signifies the phonetic combination of the consonant "f" and the vowel "we," forming a distinct sound in these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation and text processing of Ethiopic languages, ensuring that this syllable can be typed, displayed, and exchanged across modern computing platforms without loss of linguistic detail.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+138B |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Fwe |
| Block | Ethiopic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᎋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᎋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8E 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x138B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000138B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u138b |