U+0E18 "ธ" Thai Character Tho Thong Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ธ
U+0E18 "ธ" Thai Character Tho Thong is the eighteenth letter of the Thai alphabet and is classified as a high-class consonant representing the aspirated voiceless alveolar plosive sound /th/, similar to the "th" in the English word "thought". Its name "Tho Thong" translates to "flag" and is used in Thai pedagogy to help learners remember the letter through the word "ธง" (thong), meaning flag. This character appears in many common Thai words, such as "ธนาคาร" (thanakhan, meaning bank) and "ธาตุ" (that, meaning element or essence), and plays a key role in transliterating foreign words and names into Thai script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E18 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Tho Thong |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Letter Tho Thong |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ธ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ธ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E18 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E18 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e18 |