U+2DD8 "ⷘ" Ethiopic Syllable Gya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2DD8 "ⷘ" Ethiopic Syllable Gya is a symbol from the Ethiopic script block used to represent the syllable "gya" in the Ge'ez and related Ethiopian Semitic languages. It is composed of the consonant sign for "g" combined with a diacritical mark that indicates the vowel "a" and a special modification for the "y" glide, forming a distinct syllabic unit. This character is part of the extended Ethiopic repertoire designed to transcribe sounds found in languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and others that utilize the script for modern and historical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2DD8 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Gya |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⷘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⷘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB7 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2DD8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002DD8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2dd8 |