U+1211 "ሑ" Ethiopic Syllable Hhu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1211 "ሑ" Ethiopic Syllable Hhu is a character from the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya, and other languages in the Horn of Africa. This specific syllable represents the sound "hhu," formed by combining the consonant "h" with the vowel "u," and it belongs to a larger set of syllabic characters in the Ge'ez abugida where each symbol denotes a consonant vowel sequence. Historically, the Ge'ez script has been in use for over a millennium, serving as a liturgical language for the Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Churches, and it remains vital for modern language communication in the region.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1211
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Hhu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ሑ
HTML Hex Encoding
ሑ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x88 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1211
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001211
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1211
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic