Unicode Character "ዋ" (U+12CB)

The character ዋ (Ethiopic Syllable Waa) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+12CB. 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 ዋ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Ethiopic Syllable Waa
Unicode Codepoint U+12CB
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+12CB Conversion

HTML (decimal) ዋ
HTML (hex) ዋ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E1%8B%8B
CSS \0012CB
JavaScript, JSON \u12CB
C, C++, Java \u12CB
Python \u12CB
Rust \u{12CB}
Ruby \u12CB

How to type "ዋ"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE1 0x8B 0x8B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x12CB
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000012CB

References