ዬ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE YEE, code point U+12EC (decimal 4844) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ዬ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8B AC.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+12EC |
| Decimal | 4844 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8B AC |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 12EC |
| UTF-32 | 000012EC |
| HTML decimal | ዬ |
| HTML hex | ዬ |
| CSS | \12EC |
| JavaScript | \u12EC |
| JSON | \u12EC |
| Python | \u12EC |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE YEE} |
| Java, C# | \u12EC |
| Rust, Swift | \u{12EC} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u12EC |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8B%AC |
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 YEE |
| Code point | U+12EC (decimal 4844) |
| 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
- ዤ U+12E4 Ethiopic Syllable Zhee
- ዥ U+12E5 Ethiopic Syllable Zhe
- ዦ U+12E6 Ethiopic Syllable Zho
- ዧ U+12E7 Ethiopic Syllable Zhwa
- የ U+12E8 Ethiopic Syllable Ya
- ዩ U+12E9 Ethiopic Syllable Yu
- ዪ U+12EA Ethiopic Syllable Yi
- ያ U+12EB Ethiopic Syllable Yaa
- ይ U+12ED Ethiopic Syllable Ye
- ዮ U+12EE Ethiopic Syllable Yo
- ዯ U+12EF Ethiopic Syllable Yoa
- ደ U+12F0 Ethiopic Syllable Da
- ዱ U+12F1 Ethiopic Syllable Du
- ዲ U+12F2 Ethiopic Syllable Di
- ዳ U+12F3 Ethiopic Syllable Daa
- ዴ U+12F4 Ethiopic Syllable Dee
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ዬ?
- Use ዬ (decimal) or ዬ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+12EC?
- E1 8B AC (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8B%AC.
- How do I write U+12EC in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u12EC. Python: \u12EC.
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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