U+0E0C "ฌ" Thai Character Cho Choe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E0C "ฌ" Thai Character Cho Choe is the 12th letter of the Thai alphabet, representing a high-class consonant pronounced as an aspirated voiceless palatal stop, similar to the "ch" sound in the English word "church" but with a stronger burst of air. Its name "Cho Choe" refers to the Thai word for a type of tree or bush, specifically the "cho" tree, serving as a mnemonic for learning the letter. In Thai script, this character is used in writing to form syllables, often in combination with vowel marks and tone markers, and it appears in words of both native Thai and foreign origin, though its usage is less common than some other consonants.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E0C
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Cho Choe
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Letter Cho Choe
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ฌ
HTML Hex Encoding ฌ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E0C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E0C
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e0c

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