U+AB23 "" Ethiopic Syllable Cchhaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Ethiopic Source: Browser Default

U+AB23 "" Ethiopic Syllable Cchhaa is a specialized glyph belonging to the Ethiopic Extended-A block, designed to represent a specific syllable sound used in certain Ethiopian and Eritrean languages. It encodes the consonant "Cchh" combined with the vowel "aa," serving as a phonetic unit for transcribing particular words or dialects where this sound occurs. This character is part of the broader Ethiopic syllabary system, which originally evolved from the Ge'ez script and is used for languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and others, though "Cchhaa" is less common and arises in modern orthographic developments. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and processing for linguistic research, text preservation, and communication in these languages.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ꬣ
HTML Hex Encoding
ꬣ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0xAC 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0xAB23
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000AB23
C/C++/Java Escape
\uab23