U+AB03 "ꬃ" Ethiopic Syllable Tthaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AB03 "ꬃ" Ethiopic Syllable Tthaa is a member of the Ethiopic Extended-A block, specifically representing a syllable in the Me'en language and other languages that use the Geʽez script. It denotes the sound "tthaa," which includes a retroflex or emphatic 't' consonant with the vowel 'aa'. This character is used in modern orthographies for languages spoken in the Horn of Africa, helping to accurately represent phonetic distinctions that are not covered by standard Ethiopic characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+AB03
Version Added 6.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Tthaa
Block Ethiopic Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꬃ
HTML Hex Encoding ꬃ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAC 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAB03
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AB03
C/C++/Java Escape \uab03

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