U+2DD2 "ⷒ" Ethiopic Syllable Xyi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2DD2 "ⷒ" Ethiopic Syllable Xyi is a glyph used in the Geʽez script, which is employed to write several languages of the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a syllable pronounced roughly as "xyi" or a similar glottalized consonant sound combined with the vowel "i," though its exact phonetic value can vary by language. This character is part of a larger block of Ethiopic Extended characters added to Unicode to support historical and liturgical texts, as well as modern orthographic needs. Its typographic design features the distinctive horizontal line and shaping common to the script, which evolved from the ancient South Arabian script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DD2 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Xyi |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⷒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⷒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB7 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DD2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DD2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dd2 |