መ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE MA, code point U+1218 (decimal 4632) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write መ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 88 98.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1218 |
| Decimal | 4632 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 88 98 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 1218 |
| UTF-32 | 00001218 |
| HTML decimal | መ |
| HTML hex | መ |
| CSS | \1218 |
| JavaScript | \u1218 |
| JSON | \u1218 |
| Python | \u1218 |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE MA} |
| Java, C# | \u1218 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1218} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u1218 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%88%98 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE MA |
| Code point | U+1218 (decimal 4632) |
| Block | Ethiopic (U+1200–U+137F) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Ethiopic |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Nearby in Ethiopic
- ሐ U+1210 Ethiopic Syllable Hha
- ሑ U+1211 Ethiopic Syllable Hhu
- ሒ U+1212 Ethiopic Syllable Hhi
- ሓ U+1213 Ethiopic Syllable Hhaa
- ሔ U+1214 Ethiopic Syllable Hhee
- ሕ U+1215 Ethiopic Syllable Hhe
- ሖ U+1216 Ethiopic Syllable Hho
- ሗ U+1217 Ethiopic Syllable Hhwa
- ሙ U+1219 Ethiopic Syllable Mu
- ሚ U+121A Ethiopic Syllable Mi
- ማ U+121B Ethiopic Syllable Maa
- ሜ U+121C Ethiopic Syllable Mee
- ም U+121D Ethiopic Syllable Me
- ሞ U+121E Ethiopic Syllable Mo
- ሟ U+121F Ethiopic Syllable Mwa
- ሠ U+1220 Ethiopic Syllable Sza
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for መ?
- Use መ (decimal) or መ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1218?
- E1 88 98 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%88%98.
- How do I write U+1218 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u1218. Python: \u1218.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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