U+126F "" Ethiopic Syllable Vwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+126F "" Ethiopic Syllable Vwa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script used to represent the syllable sound "vwa" in the Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya languages, among others. It is part of the Unicode block that encodes the Ethiopic syllabary, which organizes consonants combined with vowel modifications. This particular character is derived from the base consonant "ቨ" (Va) modified with a sixth-order vowel diacritic to produce the "wa" sound, extending the script's ability to represent foreign or non-native phonetic elements. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and interoperability of this syllable across modern computing platforms.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ቯ
HTML Hex Encoding
ቯ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x126F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000126F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u126f