U+AB2B "ꬫ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬫ
U+AB2B "ꬫ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbaa is a glyph within the Ethiopic Extended-A block, specifically representing a syllable in the Geʽez script used for writing languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It denotes the sound "bbaa," distinguished by a labialized and geminated consonant pronunciation where the "b" sound is both rounded and doubled. This character forms part of the broader syllabary system that adapts the ancient Geʽez abugida to modern linguistic needs, enabling precise representation of phonetic variations in Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB2B |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bbaa |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab2b |