U+0E22 "ย" Thai Character Yo Yak Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E22 "ย" Thai Character Yo Yak is the thirty-fourth letter of the Thai alphabet, specifically classified as a low-class consonant. It represents the sound /j/ in modern Thai, similar to the English "y" as in "yes," and its name, "Yo Yak," translates to "youth" or "giant," reflecting the traditional mnemonic word used in Thai education to help memorize the letter. This character is used extensively in written Thai to form syllables and words, often functioning as a consonant at the beginning of a syllable or as part of vowel combinations and diphthongs.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E22
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Yo Yak
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Letter Yo Yak
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ย
HTML Hex Encoding ย
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E22
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E22
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e22

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