What ꬍ means
It writes a syllable inside words in extended Ethiopic spelling.
ꬍ belongs to orthographies for Gamo, Gofa, Dawro, and Basketo. Ethiopic writing uses individual signs for consonant-vowel syllables. The specific reading depends on the word and language; the sign has no standalone word meaning.
Encoding it preserved spellings already used in print. The 2009 proposal says these language groups were officially choosing the Latin script, while churches were still publishing books in Ethiopic; encoding the added signs would let those books be reproduced digitally. Its cited examples include Gamo, Dawro, and Gofa Luke editions and a Basketo trial edition from 2005–2006. The proposal also says a trial Gamo page mistakenly used another Ethiopic syllable row, labeled “dh”; Gamo writers used the row labeled “ddh” instead.
How do I type ꬍ?
On Keyman’s documented Modern Geʾez layout, type dd.
That is a Keyman mapping, not a general Unicode keystroke. Neighboring forms in the same consonant series use distinct input sequences.
An orthographic sign used inside words; its reading comes from the language and spelling system.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ꬍ show as a box?
Your font or app may lack a usable glyph. As of 2026, Abyssinica SIL lists coverage for Ethiopic Extended-A, but display still depends on the operating system and application.
How to type ꬍ
ꬍ\AB0DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.