ዛ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE ZAA, code point U+12DB (decimal 4827) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ዛ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8B 9B.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12DB |
| Decimal | 4827 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8B 9B |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 12DB |
| UTF-32 | 000012DB |
| HTML decimal | ዛ |
| HTML hex | ዛ |
| CSS | \12DB |
| JavaScript | \u12DB |
| JSON | \u12DB |
| Python | \u12DB |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE ZAA} |
| Java, C# | \u12DB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12DB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u12DB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8B%9B |
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 ZAA |
| Code point | U+12DB (decimal 4827) |
| 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
- ዒ U+12D2 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal I
- ዓ U+12D3 Ethiopic Syllable Pharyngeal Aa
- 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
- ዜ U+12DC Ethiopic Syllable Zee
- ዝ U+12DD Ethiopic Syllable Ze
- ዞ U+12DE Ethiopic Syllable Zo
- ዟ U+12DF Ethiopic Syllable Zwa
- ዠ U+12E0 Ethiopic Syllable Zha
- ዡ U+12E1 Ethiopic Syllable Zhu
- ዢ U+12E2 Ethiopic Syllable Zhi
- ዣ U+12E3 Ethiopic Syllable Zhaa
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ዛ?
- Use ዛ (decimal) or ዛ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12DB?
- E1 8B 9B (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8B%9B.
- How do I write U+12DB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u12DB. Python: \u12DB.
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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