U+1303 "ጃ" Ethiopic Syllable Jaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1303 "ጃ" Ethiopic Syllable Jaa is a glyph from the Ge'ez script used to write the Amharic, Tigrinya, and other languages of the Horn of Africa, representing the syllable pronounced "jaa" or "ǧā". This character is part of a larger syllabary system where each symbol denotes a consonant plus a specific vowel, and in this case, it uses the Ge'ez letter "j" (ጀ) modified with a diacritic to indicate the open back vowel "aa". In digital text, it enables accurate representation and processing of Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, supporting both modern and liturgical usage.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1303
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Jaa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ጃ
HTML Hex Encoding
ጃ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8C 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1303
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001303
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1303
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic