ጉ is the Unicode character ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GU, code point U+1309 (decimal 4873) in the Ethiopic block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write ጉ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E1 8C 89.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1309 |
| Decimal | 4873 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E1 8C 89 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 1309 |
| UTF-32 | 00001309 |
| HTML decimal | ጉ |
| HTML hex | ጉ |
| CSS | \1309 |
| JavaScript | \u1309 |
| JSON | \u1309 |
| Python | \u1309 |
| Python by name | \N{ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE GU} |
| Java, C# | \u1309 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1309} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u1309 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E1%8C%89 |
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 GU |
| Code point | U+1309 (decimal 4873) |
| 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
- ጁ U+1301 Ethiopic Syllable Ju
- ጂ U+1302 Ethiopic Syllable Ji
- ጃ U+1303 Ethiopic Syllable Jaa
- ጄ U+1304 Ethiopic Syllable Jee
- ጅ U+1305 Ethiopic Syllable Je
- ጆ U+1306 Ethiopic Syllable Jo
- ጇ U+1307 Ethiopic Syllable Jwa
- ገ U+1308 Ethiopic Syllable Ga
- ጊ U+130A Ethiopic Syllable Gi
- ጋ U+130B Ethiopic Syllable Gaa
- ጌ U+130C Ethiopic Syllable Gee
- ግ U+130D Ethiopic Syllable Ge
- ጎ U+130E Ethiopic Syllable Go
- ጏ U+130F Ethiopic Syllable Goa
- ጐ U+1310 Ethiopic Syllable Gwa
- ጒ U+1312 Ethiopic Syllable Gwi
All 358 characters: Ethiopic.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ጉ?
- Use ጉ (decimal) or ጉ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1309?
- E1 8C 89 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E1%8C%89.
- How do I write U+1309 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u1309. Python: \u1309.
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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