U+138C "ᎌ" Ethiopic Syllable Sebatbeit Pwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+138C "ᎌ" Ethiopic Syllable Sebatbeit Pwa is a specific glyph within the Ethiopic script used to represent a syllable in the Sebatbeit language, a Cushitic language spoken in Ethiopia. This character belongs to the "Ethiopic Supplement" block of Unicode, which was added to support additional sounds found in various Ethiopian and Eritrean languages that are not covered by the standard Ethiopic script. As a syllable, "ᎌ" combines a consonant sound with a vowel, in this case representing a "pwa" sound, which is a labialized labial consonant. This character is essential for correctly writing and reading the Sebatbeit language in digital and printed forms, helping to preserve linguistic diversity and facilitating documentation and communication for speakers of this language.

General Properties

Code Point U+138C
Version Added 4.1
Name Ethiopic Syllable Sebatbeit Pwa
Block Ethiopic Supplement
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᎌ
HTML Hex Encoding ᎌ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x8E 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x138C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000138C
C/C++/Java Escape \u138c

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