What ⷔ means
In legacy Gurage writing, ⷔ stands for one syllable.
Xyee in legacy Gurage orthography is transcribed xʸe. The consonant is a voiceless, x-like rasp made toward the back of the mouth with the tongue lifted toward the hard palate; that raised tongue position is what “palatalized” means, and e follows.
The Ethiopic script developed through early forms called Proto-Geʿez, Old Geʿez, and classical Geʿez; ⷔ is a later Gurage addition. Modern Gurage spelling uses HHYEE for the same sound. Formal Gurage standardization starts with ES-781 in 2002; Unicode encoded ⷔ in 2005, which is not its origin date.
How do I type ⷔ?
Type hya in the GFF Legacy Gurage keyboard.
That keyboard uses the keys as a mnemonic for this syllable.
A specialist character from legacy Gurage orthography; its role is spelling, not reaction.
If someone sends ⷔ alone, ask what word or keyboard it came from.
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1Why is ⷔ showing as a box?
A font may lack coverage for this legacy Gurage range in Ethiopic Extended. Use a font that includes it.
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ⷔ\2DD4hya; the layout maps that key sequence to ⷔ.Codes and encoding1 code points
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