U+2DD5 "ⷕ" Ethiopic Syllable Xye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⷕ
U+2DD5 "ⷕ" Ethiopic Syllable Xye is a member of the Ethiopic Extended block, which provides additional syllables for writing certain languages that use the Ge'ez script. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "xye," where the consonant base is modified by a vowel marker to produce that phonetic value. It is part of a larger set of characters designed to support the orthographic needs of languages such as Me'en, Suri, and other Ethiopic language groups that require these extended syllables for proper transcription.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DD5 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Xye |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⷕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⷕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB7 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DD5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DD5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dd5 |