U+2D93 "ⶓ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2D93 "ⶓ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggwa is a specific glyph used in the Geʽez script, representing a syllable composed of a velar ejective consonant (often transliterated as "gg" or "gʸ") combined with the vowel "wa". This character belongs to the Ethiopic Extended block of Unicode, which includes additional syllables not found in the basic set, and it is primarily employed for writing languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and other Ethiopian Semitic languages. Its design follows the standard syllabic structure of the Geʽez writing system, where each character inherently denotes a consonant plus a vowel, with the "wa" modifier distinguishing this syllable from similar ones like "gg" or "ggwe". In practical use, it appears in scholarly texts, religious literature, and digital communications that require precise representation of Ethiopian linguistic sounds.

General Properties

Code Point U+2D93
Version Added 4.1
Name Ethiopic Syllable Ggwa
Block Ethiopic Extended
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⶓ
HTML Hex Encoding ⶓ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB6 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2D93
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002D93
C/C++/Java Escape \u2d93

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