U+1357 "ፗ" Ethiopic Syllable Pwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1357 "ፗ" Ethiopic Syllable Pwa is part of the Ethiopic script, used historically for languages like Ge'ez, Amharic, and Tigrinya, where it represents the syllable pronounced "pwa." This character belongs to a larger set of syllabic symbols derived from the ancient Ge'ez abugida, where each consonant-vowel combination is encoded as a distinct glyph. The inclusion of U+1357 in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text can accurately represent this specific syllable, preserving the orthography of Ethiopic languages and supporting communication in modern computing environments.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1357
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Pwa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ፗ
HTML Hex Encoding
ፗ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x8D 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0x1357
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00001357
C/C++/Java Escape
\u1357
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic