ዓ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE PHARYNGEAL AA, code point U+12D3 (decimal 4819) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ዓ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8B 93.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12D3 |
| Decimal | 4819 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8B 93 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 12D3 |
| UTF-32 | 000012D3 |
| HTML decimal | ዓ |
| HTML hex | ዓ |
| CSS | \12D3 |
| JavaScript | \u12D3 |
| JSON | \u12D3 |
| Python | \u12D3 |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE PHARYNGEAL AA} |
| Java, C# | \u12D3 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12D3} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u12D3 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8B%93 |
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 PHARYNGEAL AA |
| Code point | U+12D3 (decimal 4819) |
| 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
- 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
- ዔ U+12D4 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal Ee
- ዕ U+12D5 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal E
- ዖ U+12D6 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal O
- ዘ U+12D8 Ethiopic Syllable Za
- ዙ U+12D9 Ethiopic Syllable Zu
- ዚ U+12DA Ethiopic Syllable Zi
- ዛ U+12DB Ethiopic Syllable Zaa
- ዜ U+12DC Ethiopic Syllable Zee
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ዓ?
- Use ዓ (decimal) or ዓ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12D3?
- E1 8B 93 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8B%93.
- How do I write U+12D3 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u12D3. Python: \u12D3.
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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