U+12AA "" Ethiopic Syllable Ki Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+12AA "" Ethiopic Syllable Ki is a glyph representing a specific syllable in the Ge'ez script, which is used for writing multiple Ethiopian and Eritrean languages including Amharic and Tigrinya. It belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode and is derived from the base consonant sound "k" combined with the vowel sign for "i", creating the phonetic value /ki/. This character is an essential part of the abugida writing system where each symbol inherently includes a vowel, and it appears in medieval and modern texts for religious, literary, and everyday communication.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ኪ
HTML Hex Encoding
ኪ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8A 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12AA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012AA
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12aa