U+1319 "ጙ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1319 "ጙ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggu is a symbol from the Ethiopic block used to represent the syllable sound "ggu" in the Ge'ez script, a writing system historically employed for liturgical texts in Ethiopia and Eritrea and adapted for modern languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. This character is part of a syllabary where each base consonant is modified by vowel markers, and U+1319 denotes the consonant "G" combined with the vowel "u." It is encoded as part of Unicode’s effort to digitally preserve ancient and modern scripts, enabling accurate representation in digital text for religious, historical, and linguistic purposes.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1319
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Ggu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ጙ
HTML Hex Encoding
ጙ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8C 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1319
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001319
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1319
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic