What ጌ means
It is one Ethiopic syllable; in Amharic, it sounds like “ge.”
Ethiopic writing serves several languages, and ጌ’s reading follows the word it belongs to.
A South Arabian-derived writing tradition is attested in Ethiopia and Eritrea in the 8th/7th centuries BCE. The Ethiopic writing system used for Ge’ez, an older language, appears between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE. A 4th-century CE reform added vowel marks, creating syllable forms. The script later served Amharic, Tigrinya and other languages, while Ge’ez became chiefly liturgical.
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4Questions people ask
1Can ጌ look different in another font?
Yes. Different fonts can draw the same encoded syllable with different shapes.
How to type ጌ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 130C, then Alt+X to get ጌ.
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 gee”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 130c, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ጌCSS
\130CCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ጌ
HTML hex
ጌ
CSS content
content: "\130C";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%8C%8C
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.