U+1E7FB "𞟻" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Fwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞟻
U+1E7FB "𞟻" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Fwi is part of the Ethiopic Extended-B block, added in Unicode version 14.0 to support the Gurage languages spoken in Ethiopia. It represents a specific syllable sound, combining a consonant with the vowel /wi/, and is used in the orthography developed for these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves and enables digital communication for a linguistic community that traditionally relied on the Ge'ez script. This character helps ensure that the Gurage languages, such as Sebat Bet Gurage, can be written and transmitted electronically without loss of cultural or phonetic accuracy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E7FB |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Fwi |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞟻 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞟻 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD839 0xDFFB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E7FB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud839\udffb |