Unicode Character "ዜ" (U+12DC)

The character ዜ (ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE ZEE) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+12DC. 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 ዜ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE ZEE
Unicode Codepoint U+12DC
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+12DC Conversion

HTML (decimal) ዜ
HTML (hex) ዜ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E1%8B%9C
CSS \12DC
JavaScript \u{12DC}
JSON \u12DC
C, C++ \U000012DC
Java \u12DC
Python \U000012DC
Rust \u{12DC}
Ruby \u{12DC}

How to type "ዜ"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE1 0x8B 0x9C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x12DC
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000012DC

References