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𞟪

ethiopic syllable hhwee

Ethiopic Syllable Hhwee

𞟪 writes hwe in modern Gurage orthography, an Ethiopic spelling system used for several Gurage languages. The syllable stayed the same as its written form changed.

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What 𞟪 means

It writes hwe, with the h pronounced while the lips are rounded.

Ethiopic syllable signs combine a consonant and a vowel in one written unit.

Chaha is a Gurage language. In 1962, Sahle Selassie Berhane Mariam and linguist Wolf Leslau devised an Ethiopic spelling to record its sounds. Ethiopians Speak, Vol. 2: Chaha printed it in 1966, using ዄ for hwe. Modern Gurage spelling uses 𞟪 for the syllable; the revision aimed to clarify reading and ease learning. It entered public schools in September 2020 and serves Inor, Mesqan, Sebat Bet, and Soddo. Unicode encoded 𞟪 in 2021, long after the syllable’s first spelling.

Don't confuse it with

4
𞟠
Ethiopic Syllable Hhya
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”
𞟡
Ethiopic Syllable Hhyu
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”
𞟢
Ethiopic Syllable Hhyi
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”
𞟣
Ethiopic Syllable Hhyaa
shares “ethiopic”, “syllable”

Questions people ask

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Why does 𞟪 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 𞟪

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1E7EA, then Alt+X to get 𞟪.
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 hhwee”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1e7ea, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𞟪
CSS
\1E7EA
GFF Gurage Keyman keyboard
Version 0.8.1 maps sounds to keys on a US English QWERTY layout; the font must support Ethiopic Extended-B.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𞟪
HTML hex
𞟪
CSS content
content: "\1E7EA";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9E%9F%AA
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
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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