U+1E7F3 "𞟳" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Bwi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞟳

U+1E7F3 "𞟳" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Bwi is a specific glyph belonging to the Ethiopic Extended-B block, which was added to the standard to support the Gurage languages of Ethiopia. This character represents a syllabic unit combining the consonant "b" with the vowel sound "wi" in the Gurage writing system. As part of the broader Ethiopic script tradition, it reflects the need to encode unique phonetic distinctions found in Gurage dialects, enabling proper digital representation and preservation of these languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E7F3
Version Added 14.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Bwi
Block Ethiopic Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞟳
HTML Hex Encoding 𞟳
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD839 0xDFF3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E7F3
C/C++/Java Escape \ud839\udff3

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