U+12BE "ኾ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+12BE "ኾ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxo is a glyph used in the Geʽez script, which is primarily employed for writing liturgical and classical Ethiopic texts as well as modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "kxo," combining a velar fricative sound with a vowel, and is part of a larger syllabary system where each character denotes a consonant vowel pairing. This specific character is used in the Ethiopic writing system, which has been in use for centuries across the Horn of Africa, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and preservation of the region's linguistic heritage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+12BE
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Kxo
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ኾ
HTML Hex Encoding
ኾ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8A 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12BE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012BE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12be
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic