U+2DB5 "ⶵ" Ethiopic Syllable Zze Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+2DB5 "ⶵ" Ethiopic Syllable Zze is a part of the Ethiopic Extended-A block, representing a syllable used in the Geʽez script for languages like Amharic and Tigrinya. It corresponds to the consonant sound "zz" combined with a vowel, specifically the sixth order vowel which is typically pronounced as "e" or "ə" depending on the language. This character is derived from the base consonant Ze with a diacritical modification to denote the ejective or emphatic pronunciation, and it is used in transliteration and orthography for certain Semitic languages of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2DB5
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Zze
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ⶵ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⶵ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB6 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2DB5
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002DB5
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2db5
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic