ሽ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SHE, code point U+123D (decimal 4669) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ሽ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 88 BD.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+123D |
| Decimal | 4669 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 88 BD |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 123D |
| UTF-32 | 0000123D |
| HTML decimal | ሽ |
| HTML hex | ሽ |
| CSS | \123D |
| JavaScript | \u123D |
| JSON | \u123D |
| Python | \u123D |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE SHE} |
| Java, C# | \u123D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{123D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u123D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%88%BD |
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 SHE |
| Code point | U+123D (decimal 4669) |
| 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
- ስ U+1235 Ethiopic Syllable Se
- ሶ U+1236 Ethiopic Syllable So
- ሷ U+1237 Ethiopic Syllable Swa
- ሸ U+1238 Ethiopic Syllable Sha
- ሹ U+1239 Ethiopic Syllable Shu
- ሺ U+123A Ethiopic Syllable Shi
- ሻ U+123B Ethiopic Syllable Shaa
- ሼ U+123C Ethiopic Syllable Shee
- ሾ U+123E Ethiopic Syllable Sho
- ሿ U+123F Ethiopic Syllable Shwa
- ቀ U+1240 Ethiopic Syllable Qa
- ቁ U+1241 Ethiopic Syllable Qu
- ቂ U+1242 Ethiopic Syllable Qi
- ቃ U+1243 Ethiopic Syllable Qaa
- ቄ U+1244 Ethiopic Syllable Qee
- ቅ U+1245 Ethiopic Syllable Qe
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ሽ?
- Use ሽ (decimal) or ሽ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+123D?
- E1 88 BD (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%88%BD.
- How do I write U+123D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u123D. Python: \u123D.
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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