U+2DC4 "ⷄ" Ethiopic Syllable Qyee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2DC4 "ⷄ" Ethiopic Syllable Qyee is a glyph within the Ethiopic script block, specifically used for transcribing the sound of the syllable "qyee" in the Ge'ez language. This character represents a modified form of the base consonant "qe" with a vowel alteration, commonly employed in liturgical or historical texts, though it is considered a rare or specialized character for modern Ethiopic languages like Amharic or Tigrinya. Its encoding allows for accurate digital representation of ancient or scholarly works that require precise phonetic notation of this particular syllable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DC4 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Qyee |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⷄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⷄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB7 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DC4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DC4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dc4 |