U+AB29 "ꬩ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬩ
U+AB29 "ꬩ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbu is part of the Ethiopic Extended-A block, representing a specific syllabic sound in the Ge'ez script used for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character denotes the syllable "bbu," which is a labialized form of the consonant "b" combined with the vowel "u," and it functions as a distinct phonetic unit within the writing system. The shape of ꬩ follows the calligraphic style of Ethiopic scripts, with modifications to indicate the vowel and labialization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB29 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bbu |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB29 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab29 |