U+2DB6 "ⶶ" Ethiopic Syllable Zzo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Ethiopic
Script Extensions Ethiopic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter