U+AB20 "ꬠ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬠ
U+AB20 "ꬠ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchha is a glyph used in the extended Ethiopic script to represent a specific syllable sound in certain languages, such as the Gurage languages of Ethiopia. This character is part of the Ethiopic Extended-A block, which includes additional syllables and modifications for transcribing sounds not covered by the standard Ethiopic syllabary. The syllable "ꬠ" corresponds to the consonant "Cchh" combined with the inherent vowel "a," and it is utilized in linguistic and scholarly contexts to accurately represent the phonetics of these languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures proper digital representation and preservation of this linguistic element.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB20 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Cchha |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab20 |