U+2DAD "ⶭ" Ethiopic Syllable Cce Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⶭ
U+2DAD "ⶭ" Ethiopic Syllable Cce is a typographic symbol used in the Ge'ez script, specifically within the extended Ethiopic block that covers the Gumuz language. This character represents a consonant-vowel syllable combining the consonant sound "c" with the vowel "e", and is part of the writing system for certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages that require additional syllabic forms beyond the standard Ethiopic set. Its inclusion in Unicode enables proper digital representation and text processing for these linguistic communities, preserving a unique phonetic element in their written traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DAD |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Cce |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DAD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DAD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dad |