U+2DA1 "ⶡ" Ethiopic Syllable Ssu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+2DA1 "ⶡ" Ethiopic Syllable Ssu is a specialized glyph from the Ethiopic Extended-A block, representing a syllable in the Ge'ez script used for liturgical and historical texts. This character is formed by modifying the base consonant for "s" with a specific vowel diacritic to produce the "ssu" sound, a feature necessary for accurately transcribing certain phonetic distinctions in Ethiopian Semitic languages. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital systems can preserve and display the full orthographic richness of these languages, particularly for scholarly work and cultural heritage documentation.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2DA1
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Ssu
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ⶡ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⶡ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB6 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2DA1
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002DA1
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2da1
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic