U+2DB6 "ⶶ" Ethiopic Syllable Zzo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⶶ
U+2DB6 "ⶶ" Ethiopic Syllable Zzo is a character from the Ethiopic Extended-A block, representing a syllable in the Geʽez script used for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It is formed by combining the consonant base for "Z" with a vowel modifier to produce the specific sound "zzo," which is distinct from other similar syllables in the script. This character is part of the broader system of Ethiopic syllabaries, where each symbol denotes a consonant vowel pairing, and it is encoded for digital text processing to support accurate representation of languages that utilize this script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DB6 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Zzo |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DB6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DB6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2db6 |