U+AB2C "ꬬ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꬬ
U+AB2C "ꬬ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbee is a glyph in the Ethiopic script, specifically part of the extended Ethiopic block used for languages such as Me’en, which is spoken in Ethiopia. This character represents a syllable pronounced as “bee,” with the doubled vowel indicating a longer or more emphatic sound compared to a single vowel syllable. It is encoded for use in digital text and supports the accurate representation of certain Cushitic and Omotic languages that require additional syllabic signs beyond the standard Ethiopic set.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB2C |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Ethiopic Syllable Bbee |
| Block | Ethiopic Extended-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꬬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꬬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAC 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB2C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB2C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab2c |