U+1256 "ቖ" Ethiopic Syllable Qho Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ቖ
Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+1256 "ቖ" Ethiopic Syllable Qho is a glyph from the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. It represents a syllable composed of the consonant "Q" combined with the vowel "o" (pronounced as "qho" or "kho"), reflecting the script’s abugida system where each character inherently carries a specific vowel sound. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, codified to preserve and digitize historical and modern texts within the Geʽez script tradition.

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Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ቖ
HTML Hex Encoding
ቖ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1256
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001256
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1256