U+138D "ᎍ" Ethiopic Syllable Pwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᎍ
U+138D "ᎍ" Ethiopic Syllable Pwi is a specific glyph used in the Geʽez script, which is the writing system for several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages including Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents a syllable composed of the consonant "P" combined with the vowel "wi," and it belongs to a specialized subset of the Ethiopic block designed to accommodate labiovelar and other modified sounds not found in the classical syllabary. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text can accurately render this phonetic element, preserving the linguistic precision required for writing modern Ethiopic languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+138D |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Pwi |
| Block | Ethiopic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᎍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᎍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8E 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x138D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000138D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u138d |