U+2DA9 "ⶩ" Ethiopic Syllable Ccu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2DA9 "ⶩ" Ethiopic Syllable Ccu is a specific character within the Ethiopic Extended A block, used for writing the Gurage dialect of the Ethiopian Semitic languages. It represents a syllable pronounced with a "č" sound, similar to the English 'ch' in "church", combined with a central vowel approximating the 'u' in "put". This character is formed by adding a particular diacritic or modification to a base consonant in the Ge'ez script, allowing for the accurate transcription of the unique phonetic requirements of the Gurage language. Like other characters in its block, it serves a specialized purpose in digital typography and text encoding for languages that have adopted the Ethiopic writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DA9 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ccu |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DA9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DA9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2da9 |