U+1E7FB "𞟻" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Fwi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+1E7FB "𞟻" Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Fwi is part of the Ethiopic Extended-B block, added in Unicode version 14.0 to support the Gurage languages spoken in Ethiopia. It represents a specific syllable sound, combining a consonant with the vowel /wi/, and is used in the orthography developed for these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves and enables digital communication for a linguistic community that traditionally relied on the Ge'ez script. This character helps ensure that the Gurage languages, such as Sebat Bet Gurage, can be written and transmitted electronically without loss of cultural or phonetic accuracy.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1E7FB
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Gurage Fwi
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𞟻
HTML Hex Encoding
𞟻
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x9E 0x9F 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD839 0xDFFB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001E7FB
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud839\udffb
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic