U+AB0D "ꬍ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddhe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬍ
U+AB0D "ꬍ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddhe is a part of the Ethiopic Extended-A block, representing a syllabic character used in the transcription of the Gurage languages of Ethiopia, particularly for the Bäle and Mǝsǝkan dialects. This character encodes a velarized or glottalized consonant sound, specifically the voiced dental implosive or ejective syllable "ddhe," which is distinct from standard Ethiopic syllabary characters. It is used by linguists and in educational materials to accurately represent the phonetic nuances of these underdocumented Ethiopian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB0D |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Ddhe |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB0D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB0D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab0d |