Unicode Character "ኸ" (U+12B8)

The character ኸ (Ethiopic Syllable Kxa) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+12B8. 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 ኸ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Ethiopic Syllable Kxa
Unicode Codepoint U+12B8
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+12B8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ኸ
HTML (hex) ኸ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E1%8A%B8
CSS \0012B8
JavaScript, JSON \u12B8
C, C++, Java \u12B8
Python \u12B8
Rust \u{12B8}
Ruby \u12B8

How to type "ኸ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 1 2 B 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 1 2 B 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE1 0x8A 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x12B8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000012B8

References