ዊ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE WI, code point U+12CA (decimal 4810) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ዊ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8B 8A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12CA |
| Decimal | 4810 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8B 8A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 12CA |
| UTF-32 | 000012CA |
| HTML decimal | ዊ |
| HTML hex | ዊ |
| CSS | \12CA |
| JavaScript | \u12CA |
| JSON | \u12CA |
| Python | \u12CA |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE WI} |
| Java, C# | \u12CA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12CA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u12CA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8B%8A |
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 WI |
| Code point | U+12CA (decimal 4810) |
| 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
- ኾ U+12BE Ethiopic Syllable Kxo
- ዀ U+12C0 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwa
- ዂ U+12C2 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwi
- ዃ U+12C3 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwaa
- ዄ U+12C4 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwee
- ዅ U+12C5 Ethiopic Syllable Kxwe
- ወ U+12C8 Ethiopic Syllable Wa
- ዉ U+12C9 Ethiopic Syllable Wu
- ዋ U+12CB Ethiopic Syllable Waa
- ዌ U+12CC Ethiopic Syllable Wee
- ው U+12CD Ethiopic Syllable We
- ዎ U+12CE Ethiopic Syllable Wo
- ዏ U+12CF Ethiopic Syllable Woa
- ዐ U+12D0 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal A
- ዑ U+12D1 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal U
- ዒ U+12D2 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal I
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ዊ?
- Use ዊ (decimal) or ዊ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12CA?
- E1 8B 8A (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8B%8A.
- How do I write U+12CA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u12CA. Python: \u12CA.
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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