U+AB23 "ꬣ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchhaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+AB23 "ꬣ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchhaa is a specialized glyph belonging to the Ethiopic Extended-A block, designed to represent a specific syllable sound used in certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. It encodes the consonant "Cchh" combined with the vowel "aa," serving as a phonetic unit for transcribing particular words or dialects where this sound occurs. This character is part of the broader Ethiopic syllabary system, which originally evolved from the Ge'ez script and is used for languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and others, though "Cchhaa" is less common and arises in modern orthographic developments. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and processing for linguistic research, text preservation, and communication in these languages.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꬣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꬣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0xAC 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xAB23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000AB23 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\uab23 |
Unicode Properties