U+2DC2 "ⷂ" Ethiopic Syllable Qyi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⷂ
U+2DC2 "ⷂ" Ethiopic Syllable Qyi is a glyph from the Ethiopic Extended block, specifically representing a syllable in the Geʽez script used for writing languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character is formed by modifying the base consonant letter for the sound "q" with a diacritic that indicates the following vowel "i," resulting in the phonetic value "qyi." It is part of a larger system of syllabic characters that expand the core Ethiopic abugida to accommodate a wider range of sounds, particularly for transliterating foreign words or representing specific linguistic nuances in modern usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DC2 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qyi |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⷂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⷂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB7 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DC2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dc2 |