U+2DB9 "ⶹ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⶹ
U+2DB9 "ⶹ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchu is a character from the Ethiopic Extended-A block, representing a syllabic glyph used in the Ge'ez script for writing certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages such as Tigrinya. This specific syllable signifies the consonant sound "Cch" combined with the vowel "u" and is part of a set of additional syllables created to accommodate labiovelar and palatalized sounds not found in Classical Ethiopic. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation and preservation of texts in these languages, supporting linguistic diversity and modern computing needs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DB9 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Cchu |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⶹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⶹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB6 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DB9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DB9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2db9 |