U+12BC "ኼ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+12BC "ኼ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxee is a character used to represent a specific syllable in the Geʽez script, which is traditionally employed for writing the Ethiopian Semitic languages such as Geʽez, Amharic, and Tigrinya. This particular character encodes the sound "kxe" with a long "e" vowel, and it belongs to the Ethiopic block of Unicode, which organizes script symbols from the ancient and modern language traditions of the Horn of Africa. As part of a syllabary, U+12BC helps enable accurate digital representation and typing of texts that require this distinct phonetic value, supporting linguistic preservation and modern communication in these languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+12BC
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Kxee
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ኼ
HTML Hex Encoding
ኼ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8A 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12BC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012BC
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12bc
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic