U+134D "ፍ" Ethiopic Syllable Fe Unicode Character

U+134D "ፍ" Ethiopic Syllable Fe is a character in the Ethiopic script, used primarily for writing the Ge'ez language as well as modern Amharic and Tigrinya. This character represents the syllable pronounced "fe," combining the consonant sound "f" with the inherent vowel "ä" that is typical in the Ethiopic abugida writing system. It belongs to the block of Ethiopic characters in the Unicode standard, which encodes over 450 symbols for this ancient script. In everyday use, "ፍ" appears in various words and names, such as the Ethiopian dish "firfir" or the name of the famous athlete Kenenisa Bekele when written in its native script.