U+1E7E4 "𞟤" Ethiopic Syllable Hhyee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E7E4 "𞟤" Ethiopic Syllable Hhyee is a part of the Ethiopic Extended-B block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the Gurage language and other Ethiopic language orthographies that require additional syllables beyond those in the classic Ge'ez script. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "hhyee," featuring a distinct combination of a consonant sound with the vowel /e/ or /i/ as indicated by its transliteration, and it is visually composed of the base Ethiopic letter for "h" with a diacritic modification to denote the specific vowel and consonant quality. The inclusion of this character helps ensure that modern digital text processing, display, and storage can accurately represent the full phonetic range of languages in the Ethiopic script family, facilitating proper communication and preservation of linguistic diversity in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E7E4
Version Added 14.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Hhyee
Block Ethiopic Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞟤
HTML Hex Encoding 𞟤
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD839 0xDFE4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E7E4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud839\udfe4

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