ኸ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE KXA, code point U+12B8 (decimal 4792) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ኸ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8A B8.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12B8 |
| Decimal | 4792 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8A B8 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 12B8 |
| UTF-32 | 000012B8 |
| HTML decimal | ኸ |
| HTML hex | ኸ |
| CSS | \12B8 |
| JavaScript | \u12B8 |
| JSON | \u12B8 |
| Python | \u12B8 |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE KXA} |
| Java, C# | \u12B8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12B8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u12B8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8A%B8 |
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 KXA |
| Code point | U+12B8 (decimal 4792) |
| 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
- ክ U+12AD Ethiopic Syllable Ke
- ኮ U+12AE Ethiopic Syllable Ko
- ኯ U+12AF Ethiopic Syllable Koa
- 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
- ኹ U+12B9 Ethiopic Syllable Kxu
- ኺ U+12BA Ethiopic Syllable Kxi
- ኻ U+12BB Ethiopic Syllable Kxaa
- ኼ U+12BC Ethiopic Syllable Kxee
- ኽ U+12BD Ethiopic Syllable Kxe
- ኾ U+12BE Ethiopic Syllable Kxo
- ዀ U+12C0 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwa
- ዂ U+12C2 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwi
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ኸ?
- Use ኸ (decimal) or ኸ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12B8?
- E1 8A B8 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8A%B8.
- How do I write U+12B8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u12B8. Python: \u12B8.
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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