U+2DD0 "ⷐ" Ethiopic Syllable Xya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2DD0 "ⷐ" Ethiopic Syllable Xya is a specialized glyph used in the Geʽez script, the writing system for several Ethiopic languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a syllable formed by the consonant sound "X" (a velar fricative, similar to the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch") combined with the vowel "ya." This character is part of the Ethiopic Extended block, which includes additional syllables and modifiers not found in the core Ethiopic syllabary, and it is employed in historical or liturgical texts, as well as in modern scholarly transcription, to accurately render certain Semitic loanwords or phonetic variations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DD0 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Xya |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⷐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⷐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB7 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DD0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DD0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dd0 |