U+1217 "" Ethiopic Syllable Hhwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+1217 "" Ethiopic Syllable Hhwa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script, also known as Ge'ez, used historically for liturgical languages like Ge'ez and modernly for languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a syllable pronounced as "hhwa," where the initial consonant is a voiceless pharyngeal fricative, similar to the sound of "h" in English but articulated deeper in the throat, and it is modified by the vowel "wa." This character is part of a syllabary system where the base consonant letter is altered with diacritic marks or changes in shape to denote different attached vowels, and its specific use and form are maintained for accurate text processing, digital communication, and cultural preservation across Ethiopian and Eritrean language communities.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ሗ
HTML Hex Encoding
ሗ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x88 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1217
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001217
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1217