U+12AA "ኪ" Ethiopic Syllable Ki Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+12AA "ኪ" 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.
General Properties
Code Point
U+12AA
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Ki
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
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic