U+AB16 "ꬖ" Ethiopic Syllable Dzo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬖ
U+AB16 "ꬖ" Ethiopic Syllable Dzo is a symbol in the Ethiopic script used for writing the Gurage languages of Ethiopia, representing the syllabic sound "dzo." This character belongs to the Ethiopic Extended-A block within the Unicode standard, which encompasses additional syllables needed for languages beyond classical Ge'ez. Its visual form combines the base consonant sign for "z" with a leftward-curving diacritic that modifies the vowel, in this case indicating the "o" sound, allowing for precise representation of the language's phonetic inventory. The inclusion of U+AB16 in Unicode supports digital text processing and preservation of these lesser-documented Ethiopian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB16 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Dzo |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab16 |