U+124D "ቍ" Ethiopic Syllable Qwe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+124D "ቍ" Ethiopic Syllable Qwe is a character used in the Ethiopic script, primarily for writing the Ge'ez language as well as modern Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable pronounced "qwe," formed by the consonant "q" combined with the vowel "e." This character is part of the Ethiopic Extended block in Unicode, which encodes the complex syllabary system where each consonant has a set of modified forms to denote different vowel sounds. In liturgical and literary contexts, "ቍ" helps preserve the phonetic structure of ancient texts and remains in use for linguistic accuracy in contemporary Ethiopian and Eritrean languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+124D
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Qwe
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ቍ
HTML Hex Encoding
ቍ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding
0x124D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000124D
C/C++/Java Escape
\u124d
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic