What 𞟱 means
It writes the qwee syllable in modern Gurage.
Gurage uses an Ethiopic syllabary: each sign pairs a consonant with its vowel. This one writes q with w-like lip-rounding in a single syllable.
An early Chaha Gurage orthography appeared in print in 1966. A 2013 revision simplified forms to ease reading and learning; 𞟱 replaced older ቌ for this syllable. The Gurage Zone council endorsed the revision in 2019, and schools introduced it in September 2020. Ethiopic writing developed from South Arabian script.
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1Why does 𞟱 show as a box?
The selected font may lack Ethiopic Extended-B coverage; the text can still contain 𞟱.
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How to type or find 𞟱
- Search it as
- qwee · gurage qwee · ethiopic qwee · ቌ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𞟱CSS
\1E7F1Keyman
As of 2026, the GFF Gurage keyboard maps
quie to 𞟱; its font must support Ethiopic Extended-B.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𞟱
HTML hex
𞟱
CSS content
content: "\1E7F1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9E%9F%B1
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.