U+0E16 "ถ" Thai Character Tho Thung Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E16 "ถ" Thai Character Tho Thung is the forty first letter of the Thai alphabet, representing the voiceless aspirated retroflex stop sound /tʰ/, similar to the 't' in the English word "top." In Thai, its name "Tho Thung" refers to the word "ถุง" (thung), meaning a bag or sack, which serves as a mnemonic for learning the letter. This character is used extensively in the Thai script to form syllables and words, and it belongs to the high class of consonants, which influences the tone of the syllable it begins when combined with vowel diacritics.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E16
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Tho Thung
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Letter Tho Thung
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ถ
HTML Hex Encoding ถ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E16
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E16
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e16

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