Unicode Character "ቀ" (U+1240)

The character ቀ (Ethiopic Syllable Qa) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+1240. It is encoded in the Ethiopic block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.0 (September, 1999). It is HTML encoded as ቀ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Ethiopic Syllable Qa
Unicode Codepoint U+1240
Unicode Version 3.0 (September, 1999)
Block Ethiopic
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Letter
Script Ethiopic
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+1240 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ቀ
HTML (hex) ቀ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E1%89%80
CSS \001240
JavaScript, JSON \u1240
C, C++, Java \u1240
Python \u1240
Rust \u{1240}
Ruby \u1240

How to type "ቀ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 1 2 4 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 1 2 4 0. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ቀ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ቀ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ቀ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE1 0x89 0x80
UTF-16 (hex) 0x1240
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00001240

References