U+0E20 "ภ" Thai Character Pho Samphao Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E20 "ภ" Thai Character Pho Samphao is the 32nd letter of the Thai alphabet, representing a low class consonant with a phonetic value of /pʰ/ as in the English "p" with aspiration, similar to the sound in "pin." Its name, "Pho Samphao," translates to "sailboat," reflecting the traditional mnemonic used to teach the letter's shape, which resembles an old-fashioned sailboat. In the Thai language, this character appears in many common words, such as "ภาษา" (phaa-saa, meaning "language") and "ภาพ" (phaap, meaning "picture" or "image"), and it is distinct from the similar but different character "พ" (Pho Phan), which represents a different level of consonant class.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E20 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Pho Samphao |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Letter Pho Samphao |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ภ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ภ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E20 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E20 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e20 |