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ꬖ

ethiopic syllable dzo

Ethiopic syllable dzo

ꬖ is the Ethiopic syllabic sign named dzo, used to write Gamo, Gofa, and Dawro. It belongs inside words, not as a standalone message. The script is centuries old, but this sign belongs to a later extension.

Text symbol
Search it as
dzo · dzu · Gamo-Gofa-Dawro · Ethiopic dzo
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ꬖ means

It writes the dzo syllable in Gamo-Gofa-Dawro Ethiopic text. Alone, it has no reliable social message.

The wider Ethiopic script appears in inscriptions from the second or third centuries CE; that does not date ꬖ. A 2009 proposal places ꬖ in the Gamo-Gofa-Dawro series, whose added signs were intended to record local sound distinctions and preserve existing books. It also notes that churches continued publishing in Ethiopic while government literacy policy promoted Latin.

If ꬖ appears as a box, the font lacks its glyph; a font covering Ethiopic Extended-A can display it. Unicode chart drawings are examples, so the same character can look different across fonts.

Don't confuse it with

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ꬁ
Ethiopic Syllable Tthu
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”
ꬂ
Ethiopic Syllable Tthi
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”
ꬃ
Ethiopic Syllable Tthaa
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”
ꬄ
Ethiopic Syllable Tthee
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”

Questions people ask

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Why does ꬖ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type ꬖ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType AB16, then Alt+X to get ꬖ.
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 dzo”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType ab16, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꬖ
CSS
\AB16
Unicode hexadecimal input
In an input method that accepts Unicode hexadecimal values, enter AB16; the shortcut varies by device and app.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꬖ
HTML hex
ꬖ
CSS content
content: "\AB16";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%AC%96
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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African scripts2,275 symbols

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