U+0E1E "พ" Thai Character Pho Phan Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E1E "พ" Thai Character Pho Phan is a consonant in the Thai alphabet, representing the sound /pʰ/ as in the English "p" but with aspiration, akin to the "ph" in "phone" without the "f" sound. It belongs to the low class of Thai consonants, which influences the tone rules of the syllable it begins, and it is named after the word "พาน" (phan), meaning a ceremonial tray or offering vessel. This character is commonly used in written Thai and is the 31st letter in the standard Thai consonant order, appearing frequently in everyday vocabulary and formal texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E1E
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Pho Phan
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Letter Pho Phan
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding พ
HTML Hex Encoding พ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E1E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E1E
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e1e

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