U+2DBB "ⶻ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2DBB "ⶻ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchaa is a character from the Ethiopic Extended block, specifically part of the Ge'ez script used historically for liturgical texts in Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox traditions, as well as for modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This syllable represents the sound "cchaa," a complex consonant from the Gurage language group, which is one of the South Ethiopic languages spoken in central Ethiopia. Its encoding in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately preserve the unique phonetic distinctions of these languages, supporting linguistic diversity and cultural heritage in electronic communications. The character is rarely used outside specialized linguistic or liturgical contexts, but it remains essential for precise transcription and digital representation of certain Ethiopic syllables.

General Properties

Code Point U+2DBB
Version Added 4.1
Name Ethiopic Syllable Cchaa
Block Ethiopic Extended
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⶻ
HTML Hex Encoding ⶻ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB6 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2DBB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002DBB
C/C++/Java Escape \u2dbb

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