U+1394 "᎔" Ethiopic Tonal Mark Difat Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᎔
U+1394 "᎔" Ethiopic Tonal Mark Difat is a combining diacritical mark used in the Ge'ez script to indicate a specific falling or descending tone in languages like Ethiopic or Amharic, where tonal distinctions play a functional role in grammar and meaning. Placed above or attached to a base character, it forms part of a larger system of tonal marks that supplement the syllabic writing system of the Ethiopic family. This mark is classified under the Ethiopic block and is distinct in appearance, resembling a small backward-facing curl or hook, and its correct rendering is essential for faithful transcription and digital representation of tonal languages in the Horn of Africa.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1394 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Tonal Mark Difat |
| 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 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1394 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001394 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1394 |
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 |