U+2DAB "ⶫ" Ethiopic Syllable Ccaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2DAB "ⶫ" Ethiopic Syllable Ccaa is a glyph within the Ethiopic Extended block, used to represent a specific syllable in the Ge'ez script and related Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. This character combines the consonant sound for an emphatic or palatalized "C" with the vowel sound "aa," serving as part of a writing system that extends classical Ethiopic syllabaries to accommodate broader phonetic needs. It is one of several rare or specialized syllables designed for accurate transliteration and transcription, often seen in liturgical, historical, or linguistic contexts rather than everyday modern usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DAB |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ccaa |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DAB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DAB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dab |