U+2DCB "ⷋ" Ethiopic Syllable Kyaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2DCB "ⷋ" Ethiopic Syllable Kyaa is a character in the Ethiopic script, representing a syllable sound used in the Geʽez language and other languages that employ the Ethiopic writing system. This specific character is formed by combining the consonant symbol for "k" with a vowel modifier to produce the "kyaa" sound, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard as part of the Ethiopic Extended block to ensure proper digital representation and interchange for scholarly, liturgical, and modern linguistic applications.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⷋ
HTML Hex Encoding ⷋ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB7 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2DCB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002DCB
C/C++/Java Escape \u2dcb

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