Ethiopic Syllable Cca

ⶨ is an Ethiopic syllable sign in a series Unicode groups with Bench. “Cca” is its label, not a dependable pronunciation guide; fonts without Ethiopic Extended coverage may show a box.

Text symbol

What ⶨ means

It represents a syllable in Ethiopic writing.

Ethiopic is an abugida: each basic sign combines a consonant and a vowel. “Cca” is Unicode’s label for this character.

A 2004 Unicode proposal grouped the series with Bench, citing a 1982 Benchnon orthography and a 1990 Bench Bible sample. Monumental Proto-Geʽez writing is attested around the fourth to fifth centuries BCE; the Ethiopic abugida took shape around 350 CE. A 2025 Unicode identifier proposal also links ⶨ with Sebatbeit.

Why might ⶨ show as a box?

Your font may not cover the Ethiopic Extended block.

Basic Ethiopic coverage does not guarantee these additional signs. A missing-glyph box changes display, not the text character.

Part of the collection

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Ge'ez Alphabet (Ethiopic Fidel)

Who writes ⶨ

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Questions people ask

Why does ⶨ show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Ethiopic Extended block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.