U+12F3 "ዳ" Ethiopic Syllable Daa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+12F3 "ዳ" Ethiopic Syllable Daa is a symbol from the Geʽez script used primarily for liturgical and modern writing in languages like Amharic and Tigrinya, representing the syllable "daa." It is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, which encodes a syllabary system where each character modifies a base consonant with a specific vowel, in this case the long "a" vowel indicated by a diacritic-like extension on the consonant "d." This character enables precise representation of the phonetic sound in written form, supporting the preservation and digital communication of these ancient and widely spoken East African languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+12F3
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Daa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ዳ
HTML Hex Encoding
ዳ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8B 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12F3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012F3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12f3
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic