U+2DC3 "ⷃ" Ethiopic Syllable Qyaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+2DC3 "ⷃ" Ethiopic Syllable Qyaa is part of the Ethiopic Extended block, representing a syllabic symbol used in the Geʽez script for writing certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. This character specifically encodes the syllable "qyaa," which combines the consonant sound "q" with a modified vowel that differs from the standard syllabic forms found in the core Ethiopic set. It is among the supplementary characters added to support phonetic distinctions in less common or specialized lexical contexts, aiding accurate transcription and digital representation of languages like Amharic, Tigrinya, or Geʽez itself in modern computing systems.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2DC3
Name
Ethiopic Syllable Qyaa
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ⷃ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⷃ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB7 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2DC3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002DC3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2dc3
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Ethiopic