U+AB2C "ꬬ" Ethiopic Syllable Bbee Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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