U+1E7E8 "𞟨" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Hhwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞟨

U+1E7E8 "𞟨" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Hhwa is a script symbol included in the Unicode Standard's Ethiopic Extended-B block, which was designed to represent a specific syllabic sound in the Gurage languages of Ethiopia. This character belongs to a subset of Ethiopic script additions created to accurately transcribe the phonetics of Gurage dialects, where it encodes the syllable "Hhwa" using a modified or extended consonant base. Its inclusion helps support digital text processing for underrepresented Ethiopian languages, ensuring that native speakers can write and read this particular syllable in electronic communications and documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E7E8
Version Added 14.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Hhwa
Block Ethiopic Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞟨
HTML Hex Encoding 𞟨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD839 0xDFE8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E7E8
C/C++/Java Escape \ud839\udfe8

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