U+1395 "᎕" Ethiopic Tonal Mark Kenat Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᎕
U+1395 "᎕" Ethiopic Tonal Mark Kenat is a diacritical mark used in the Geʽez script for writing certain Ethiopic languages, such as Amharic and Tigrinya, to indicate a specific tonal or melodic pattern in pronunciation. This mark is part of the Ethiopic Extended block of Unicode and is placed above or alongside a base consonant character to modify its sound, particularly in texts requiring precise tonal notation like liturgical or scholarly works. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that digital representation and processing of these tonal nuances are possible, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Ethiopian and Eritrean cultural sphere.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1395 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Tonal Mark Kenat |
| 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 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1395 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001395 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1395 |
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 |