U+2DB2 "ⶲ" Ethiopic Syllable Zzi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⶲ
U+2DB2 "ⶲ" Ethiopic Syllable Zzi is part of the Ethiopic Extended block, representing a syllable used in the Ge'ez script for languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. Specifically, it denotes a labiovelarized or diphthongized form of the basic consonant "z" combined with the vowel "i", serving as a distinct glyph for phonetic differentiation in written Ethiopic languages. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital representation and rendering of these languages, preserving the nuanced phonological structures that rely on such extended syllabic characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DB2 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Zzi |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DB2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DB2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2db2 |