U+1391 "᎑" Ethiopic Tonal Mark Deret Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᎑
U+1391 "᎑" Ethiopic Tonal Mark Deret is a combining diacritical mark used in the Ethiopic script, specifically within the Ge'ez writing system for certain languages like Me'en and Bench. It is placed above a syllable to indicate a specific tone, known as a rising or high falling tone, helping to distinguish meaning in tonal languages. This character belongs to the Ethiopic Extended block and is part of a set of tonal marks designed to accurately represent the pitch contours essential for correct pronunciation and comprehension in these languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1391 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Tonal Mark Deret |
| Block | Ethiopic Supplement |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᎑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᎑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x8E 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1391 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001391 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1391 |
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 |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |