U+1E7FE "𞟾" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Pwee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞟾
U+1E7FE "𞟾" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Pwee is a specific glyph belonging to the Ethiopic Extended-B block, designed to represent a syllable in the Gurage languages of Ethiopia. This character is part of a modern encoding effort to support the Gurage writing system, which uses a modified Ethiopic script to represent unique sounds not found in classical Ge'ez or Amharic. The syllable "pwee" indicates a bilabial plosive sound combined with the vowel "e," and its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation and preservation of the Gurage linguistic heritage. As a result, this character enables written communication, documentation, and software localization for speakers of Gurage languages in the digital age.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E7FE |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Pwee |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞟾 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞟾 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD839 0xDFFE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E7FE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud839\udffe |