U+AB06 "ꬆ" Ethiopic Syllable Ttho Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AB06 "ꬆ" Ethiopic Syllable Ttho is a specific glyph used in writing certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, representing a syllable pronounced as /tːʰo/ where the initial consonant is a voiceless aspirated dental ejective with a lengthened release, often employed in transliterating sounds from other languages into the Ge'ez script. This character belongs to the Ethiopic Extended-A block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support a broader range of phonetic and linguistic needs beyond the core Ge'ez syllabary. Its shape combines a base consonant sign with a diacritic mark to indicate the vowel o and the specialized th sound, making it essential for accurately rendering liturgical texts, historical documents, or modern transcriptions that require precise phonetic representation.

General Properties

Code Point U+AB06
Version Added 6.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Ttho
Block Ethiopic Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꬆ
HTML Hex Encoding ꬆ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAC 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAB06
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AB06
C/C++/Java Escape \uab06

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