U+1266 "ቦ" Ethiopic Syllable Bo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1266 "ቦ" Ethiopic Syllable Bo is a symbol from the Geʽez script, which is used for writing several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. This specific character represents the syllable "bo" and is formed by modifying the base consonant በ (bä) with a diacritic or vowel marking that indicates the /o/ sound. As part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, it is commonly employed in digital text and computing to accurately represent the phonetic and linguistic needs of these languages, preserving the historical and cultural continuity of Ethiopic writing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1266
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Bo
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ቦ
HTML Hex Encoding
ቦ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1266
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001266
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1266
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic