U+12FF "ዿ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+12FF "ዿ" Ethiopic Syllable Ddwa is a distinctive symbol in the Geʽez script, which is used for several languages in the Horn of Africa, including Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents the syllable "ddwa," which is a consonant-vowel combination featuring the ejective or emphatic dental consonant "d" pronounced with the vowel "wa." This character is part of the Ethiopic block of Unicode, a system that encodes the script's syllabic writing system, where each character corresponds to a specific phonetic syllable. The inclusion of U+12FF helps preserve and digitally represent the linguistic heritage of Ethiopic languages, allowing for accurate text rendering, typing, and communication in modern computing environments.

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Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ዿ
HTML Hex Encoding
ዿ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8B 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0x12FF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000012FF
C/C++/Java Escape
\u12ff