U+1313 "" Ethiopic Syllable Gwaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+1313 "" Ethiopic Syllable Gwaa is a glyph within the Geʽez script, historically used to write the ancient Semitic language of Geʽez and still employed today for modern languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It represents a specific syllable combining the consonant sound "g" with the vowel "waa," making it distinct from other syllables in the Ethiopic writing system, which is an abugida where each character encodes a consonant-vowel pair. This character is part of the Unicode Ethiopic block, coded to enable precise digital representation and exchange of texts in these languages, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Horn of Africa region.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ጓ
HTML Hex Encoding
ጓ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8C 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1313
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001313
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1313