U+1E7F6 "𞟶" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Kwee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E7F6 "𞟶" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Kwee is a typographic symbol representing a specific syllable sound used in writing the Gurage languages, which belong to the Ethiopian Semitic language family spoken in southwestern Ethiopia. This character is part of the Ethiopic Extended-B block in the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the phonetic and orthographic needs of various Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. The syllable "Kwee" encodes a consonant sound similar to a velar "k" followed by a rounded "wee" vowel, reflecting the distinctive phonological features of Gurage dialects. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital representation, text processing, and preservation of this lesser known but culturally significant writing tradition.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E7F6
Version Added 14.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Kwee
Block Ethiopic Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞟶
HTML Hex Encoding 𞟶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD839 0xDFF6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E7F6
C/C++/Java Escape \ud839\udff6

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