ኯ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE KOA, code point U+12AF (decimal 4783) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 4.1. In HTML write ኯ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8A AF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12AF |
| Decimal | 4783 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8A AF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 12AF |
| UTF-32 | 000012AF |
| HTML decimal | ኯ |
| HTML hex | ኯ |
| CSS | \12AF |
| JavaScript | \u12AF |
| JSON | \u12AF |
| Python | \u12AF |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE KOA} |
| Java, C# | \u12AF |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12AF} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u12AF |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8A%AF |
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 KOA |
| Code point | U+12AF (decimal 4783) |
| 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 | 4.1 |
Nearby in Ethiopic
- ኧ U+12A7 Ethiopic Syllable Glottal Wa
- ከ U+12A8 Ethiopic Syllable Ka
- ኩ U+12A9 Ethiopic Syllable Ku
- ኪ U+12AA Ethiopic Syllable Ki
- ካ U+12AB Ethiopic Syllable Kaa
- ኬ U+12AC Ethiopic Syllable Kee
- ክ U+12AD Ethiopic Syllable Ke
- ኮ U+12AE Ethiopic Syllable Ko
- ኰ U+12B0 Ethiopic Syllable Kwa
- ኲ U+12B2 Ethiopic Syllable Kwi
- ኳ U+12B3 Ethiopic Syllable Kwaa
- ኴ U+12B4 Ethiopic Syllable Kwee
- ኵ U+12B5 Ethiopic Syllable Kwe
- ኸ U+12B8 Ethiopic Syllable Kxa
- ኹ U+12B9 Ethiopic Syllable Kxu
- ኺ U+12BA Ethiopic Syllable Kxi
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ኯ?
- Use ኯ (decimal) or ኯ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12AF?
- E1 8A AF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8A%AF.
- How do I write U+12AF in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u12AF. Python: \u12AF.
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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