Unicode Character "እ" (U+12A5)

The character እ (Ethiopic Syllable Glottal E) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+12A5. 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 እ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Ethiopic Syllable Glottal E
Unicode Codepoint U+12A5
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+12A5 Conversion

HTML (decimal) እ
HTML (hex) እ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E1%8A%A5
CSS \0012A5
JavaScript, JSON \u12A5
C, C++, Java \u12A5
Python \u12A5
Rust \u{12A5}
Ruby \u12A5

How to type "እ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 1 2 A 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 1 2 A 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE1 0x8A 0xA5
UTF-16 (hex) 0x12A5
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000012A5

References