U+2D81 "ⶁ" Ethiopic Syllable Moa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⶁ
U+2D81 "ⶁ" Ethiopic Syllable Moa is part of the Ethiopic Extended block, representing a syllable used in the Geʽez script to denote the sound "moa" in languages like Amharic or Tigrinya. This character extends the classical Ethiopic syllabary, which is an abugida where each symbol represents a consonant vowel combination, and it is employed for writing modern Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and preservation of these languages' phonetic nuances, facilitating accurate text rendering and data exchange across computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D81 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Moa |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D81 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D81 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d81 |