U+2D8E "ⶎ" Ethiopic Syllable Joa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⶎ
U+2D8E "ⶎ" Ethiopic Syllable Joa is a symbol from the Ethiopic script, which is used for writing languages like Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya. This specific character represents a syllable combining the consonant "J" with the vowel "oa," contributing to the phonetic inventory of the script. It is part of the Ethiopic Extended block in Unicode, which was added to support additional syllables and characters beyond the core Ethiopic set, preserving linguistic accuracy for modern and ancient texts. Visually, it appears as a distinctive glyph with a curved, ornate design typical of traditional Ethiopic letterforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2D8E |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Joa |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2D8E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002D8E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2d8e |