What ⶫ means
It writes one Sebat Bet syllable inside a word.
Sebat Bet, also called Chaha, is a Gurage language written in Ethiopic; a syllable is one spoken beat in a word.
A 2004 proposal to extend Ethiopic lists ⶫ among syllables then used in Sebatbeit writing in Ethiopia and Eritrea. The Ethiopic script grew from the older Ge’ez writing system; modern Gurage spelling also has a separate Ethiopic Extended-B set.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ⶫ show as a box?
Font support varies: fonts without Ethiopic Extended coverage may show a box; fonts with coverage may draw it differently.
How to type ⶫ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2DAB, then Alt+X to get ⶫ.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “ethiopic syllable ccaa”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2dab, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ⶫCSS
\2DABtype ⶫ on Sebatbeit
The Keyman Sebatbeit keyboard manual labels it `cca`; other Ethiopic letters use a separate Unicode keyboard.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ⶫ
HTML hex
ⶫ
CSS content
content: "\2DAB";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%B6%AB
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On screen
1
Code points
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JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.