U+0E05 "ฅ" Thai Character Kho Khon Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E05 "ฅ" Thai Character Kho Khon is a letter from the Thai alphabet, representing the sound [kʰ] as a voiceless aspirated velar plosive, similar to the "k" in the English word "kite." It is classified as a low-class consonant in Thai, which influences the tone of the syllable in which it appears. The name "Kho Khon" translates to "person," and the letter is distinguished from the similar-looking "Kho Khai" (ข) by a different associated word. While it was historically used in Thai writing, its usage has become extremely rare in modern standard Thai, having been largely replaced by the character "ค" (Kho Khwai) in most contemporary texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E05
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Kho Khon
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Letter Kho Khon
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ฅ
HTML Hex Encoding ฅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E05
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E05
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e05

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Thai
Script Extensions Thai
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter