What ⶩ means
It belongs to the Ethiopic syllabary used to write Bench. In a syllabary, each sign represents a syllable rather than an individual alphabet letter; this one is part of Bench spelling.
Ethiopic writing grew from the Geʿez script tradition and is used for several languages. A 1982 reference documents Bench orthography. Ethiopia’s ES 781:2002 standard informed a 2004 proposal to encode syllables missing from the basic Ethiopic inventory, extending the writing system for additional language spellings.
How do I type ⶩ?
On a Bench phonetic keyboard, enter lowercase ccu. The layout maps it to ⶩ; capitalized CCu selects a different extended syllable. The Latin letters are an input mnemonic, not a universal pronunciation guide.
It belongs in Bench writing or in a sample of the Ethiopic script.
Without Bench-language context, a reader may not know which syllable it represents.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does ⶩ show as a box?
It can appear that way when the active font lacks this glyph. Use a font that supports Ethiopic Extended; the box is a display problem, not a different character.
How to type ⶩ
ⶩ\2DA9Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.