U+131B "ጛ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+131B "ጛ" Ethiopic Syllable Ggaa is a glyph in the Ethiopic script, specifically representing a syllabic sound used in the Ge'ez and related languages such as Amharic and Tigrinya. It is formed by combining the consonant "gg" (a velar or uvular sound) with the vowel "aa," which is the open back unrounded vowel. This character belongs to a systematic script where modifications to a base consonant symbol indicate different vowel attachments, and it is used in liturgical and modern written forms to convey specific lexical and grammatical meanings within these Afroasiatic languages.
General Properties
Code Point
U+131B
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Ggaa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ጛ
HTML Hex Encoding
ጛ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8C 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding
0x131B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000131B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u131b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic