U+1237 "ሷ" Ethiopic Syllable Swa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1237 "ሷ" Ethiopic Syllable Swa is a specific glyph in the Geʽez script used for writing several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It belongs to the syllable family based on the consonant 's' and the vowel 'wa', representing the phonetic sound /swa/. As part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, this character helps preserve and enable digital communication for the rich linguistic heritage of the region.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1237
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Swa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ሷ
HTML Hex Encoding
ሷ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x88 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1237
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001237
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1237
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic