U+1E7E8 "𞟨" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Hhwa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+1E7E8 "𞟨" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Hhwa is a script symbol included in the Unicode Standard's Ethiopic Extended-B block, which was designed to represent a specific syllabic sound in the Gurage languages of Ethiopia. This character belongs to a subset of Ethiopic script additions created to accurately transcribe the phonetics of Gurage dialects, where it encodes the syllable "Hhwa" using a modified or extended consonant base. Its inclusion helps support digital text processing for underrepresented Ethiopian languages, ensuring that native speakers can write and read this particular syllable in electronic communications and documents.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1E7E8
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Hhwa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𞟨
HTML Hex Encoding
𞟨
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD839 0xDFE8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001E7E8
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud839\udfe8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic