U+12C4 "ዄ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxwee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+12C4 "ዄ" Ethiopic Syllable Kxwee is part of the Ethiopic block, which encodes the Geʽez script used for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya in the Horn of Africa. This specific character represents a syllable formed from the consonant "kxw" and the vowel "ee," making it a voiced velar ejective or labialized sound used in certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. It is encoded for digital text representation, enabling proper writing and display in modern computing systems, and belongs to the larger set of Ethiopic syllabary characters that evolved from the ancient Geʽez abjad.
General Properties
Code Point
U+12C4
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Kxwee
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ዄ
HTML Hex Encoding
ዄ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8B 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12C4
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012C4
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12c4
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic