U+1244 "ቄ" Ethiopic Syllable Qee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1244 "ቄ" Ethiopic Syllable Qee is a glyph representing a syllable in the Geʽez script, which is used to write several Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, including Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. This specific character corresponds to the sound "qee" and is formed by modifying the base consonant particle for "q" (the sixth order) with the appropriate vowel diacritic to indicate the long "e" sound. As part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, it facilitates accurate digital representation and communication in these languages, preserving their script and phonetic structure for modern computing environments.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1244
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Qee
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ቄ
HTML Hex Encoding
ቄ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1244
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001244
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1244
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic