What ᎕ means
It sustains the phrase’s final sound, then lifts the pitch. Kenat (also Qinat) is one of eight qirts—nonalphabetic vocal cues in Zaima, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church’s chant-notation system.
Qirtsat sequences combine these cues and are voiced in order, not as a chord.
Another account credits two church cantors with codifying it after the 1529–1541 invasions.
A liturgical cue in Ethiopian Orthodox chant notation.
Its rise is a chant instruction, not a free-standing tone or mood.
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Related characters
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A manuscript survey records as an alternative Kenat glyph in the private-use area; its design appears in a font that defines it.
Questions people ask
1Why does ᎕ 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.
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How to type or find ᎕
- Also called
- qinat · qenat · kinat
- Search it as
- kenat · qirts · qirtsat · zaima · melekket · Ethiopian chant notation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
᎕\1395Codes and encoding1 code points
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