Unicode Character "ኢ" (U+12A2)

The character ኢ (ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL I) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+12A2. 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 ኢ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GLOTTAL I
Unicode Codepoint U+12A2
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 (Geʻez)
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+12A2 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ኢ
HTML (hex) ኢ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E1%8A%A2
CSS \12A2
JavaScript \u{12A2}
JSON \u12A2
C, C++ \U000012A2
Java \u12A2
Python \U000012A2
Rust \u{12A2}
Ruby \u{12A2}

How to type "ኢ"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE1 0x8A 0xA2
UTF-16 (hex) 0x12A2
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000012A2

References