U+AB26 "ꬦ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchho Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AB26 "ꬦ" Ethiopic Syllable Cchho is a specific typographic unit used to represent the syllable "Cchho" in the Ge'ez script, which is employed for writing various Ethiopic and Eritrean languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. This character is part of the Ethiopic Extended-A block, a collection of supplementary syllables added to the original Ethiopic syllabary to accommodate phonetic distinctions that were not covered in earlier encoding. Its visual form typically features a base consonant symbol modified by a diacritic or a distinct hook shape that indicates the palatalized or affricate "cchh" sound, following the pattern of other extended characters in the script. Although its usage is rare and specialized, ꬦ serves a critical role in accurately representing phonetic nuance in scholarly transcription and certain contemporary linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+AB26
Version Added 6.0
Name Ethiopic Syllable Cchho
Block Ethiopic Extended-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꬦ
HTML Hex Encoding ꬦ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAC 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAB26
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AB26
C/C++/Java Escape \uab26

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