U+12B0 "ኰ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+12B0 "ኰ" Ethiopic Syllable Kwa is part of the Ethiopic script, which is used primarily for writing the Geʽez language, as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. This particular character represents a syllabic sound combining a velar consonant with the vowel ‘a’ and the labialization marker resulting in a ‘kwa’ pronunciation, and it belongs to a larger set of syllabary symbols that are derived from the ancient Geʽez abjad. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation of these languages, ensuring proper text processing and display across modern computing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+12B0
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Kwa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ኰ
HTML Hex Encoding
ኰ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8A 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12B0
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012B0
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12b0
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic