ሰ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SA, code point U+1230 (decimal 4656) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ሰ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 88 B0.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1230 |
| Decimal | 4656 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 88 B0 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 1230 |
| UTF-32 | 00001230 |
| HTML decimal | ሰ |
| HTML hex | ሰ |
| CSS | \1230 |
| JavaScript | \u1230 |
| JSON | \u1230 |
| Python | \u1230 |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SA} |
| Java, C# | \u1230 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1230} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u1230 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%88%B0 |
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 SA |
| Code point | U+1230 (decimal 4656) |
| 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
- ረ U+1228 Ethiopic Syllable Ra
- ሩ U+1229 Ethiopic Syllable Ru
- ሪ U+122A Ethiopic Syllable Ri
- ራ U+122B Ethiopic Syllable Raa
- ሬ U+122C Ethiopic Syllable Ree
- ር U+122D Ethiopic Syllable Re
- ሮ U+122E Ethiopic Syllable Ro
- ሯ U+122F Ethiopic Syllable Rwa
- ሱ U+1231 Ethiopic Syllable Su
- ሲ U+1232 Ethiopic Syllable Si
- ሳ U+1233 Ethiopic Syllable Saa
- ሴ U+1234 Ethiopic Syllable See
- ስ U+1235 Ethiopic Syllable Se
- ሶ U+1236 Ethiopic Syllable So
- ሷ U+1237 Ethiopic Syllable Swa
- ሸ U+1238 Ethiopic Syllable Sha
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ሰ?
- Use ሰ (decimal) or ሰ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1230?
- E1 88 B0 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%88%B0.
- How do I write U+1230 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u1230. Python: \u1230.
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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