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𞟦

ethiopic syllable hhyo

Ethiopic Syllable Hhyo

𞟦 writes a Gurage syllable with an unvoiced rasp from the back of the mouth, made with the tongue raised toward the roof, followed by o. It belongs to the Modern Gurage spelling system for several Gurage languages.

Text symbol
Search it as
xyo · gurage xyo · gurage letter · gurage keyboard
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What 𞟦 means

It writes the xʸo syllable in Modern Gurage spelling. Here, x marks a voiceless rubbing sound; raised y means the tongue lifts toward the roof of the mouth, and o is the vowel.

The letter follows older Gurage spelling

Sahle Selassie and linguist Wolf Leslau used modified Ethiopic forms for sounds missing from the basic set in a 1966 Chaha story collection. A separate spelling system developed in 1977. The 2013 Modern Gurage reform introduced a regular x-series to make palatalized sounds clearer and easier to learn in Inor, Mesqan, Sebat Bet, and Soddo.

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 𞟦 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 𞟦

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1E7E6, then Alt+X to get 𞟦.
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 hhyo”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1e7e6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𞟦
CSS
\1E7E6
GFF Gurage keyboard
Choose the GFF Gurage layout in Keyman to type Modern Gurage. It requires a font with Ethiopic Extended-B support (as of 2026).
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𞟦
HTML hex
𞟦
CSS content
content: "\1E7E6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9E%9F%A6
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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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