U+1256 "ቖ" Ethiopic Syllable Qho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1256
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Qho
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic