U+127F "ቿ" Ethiopic Syllable Cwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+127F "ቿ" Ethiopic Syllable Cwa is a glyph within the Ethiopic block used for writing the Geʽez script, primarily for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a syllable pronounced as "cwa," where the initial consonant sound is a voiceless palatal affricate similar to the English "ch" in "chew," combined with a rounded vowel "wa." This character is constructed by adding a specific vowel modifier to the base consonant sign, reflecting the script's complex syllabic system where each character denotes a consonant-vowel sequence.
General Properties
Code Point
U+127F
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Cwa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ቿ
HTML Hex Encoding
ቿ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x89 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x127F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000127F
C/C++/Java Escape
\u127f
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic