U+0E2A "ส" Thai Character so Sua Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E2A "ส" Thai Character so Sua is a letter from the Thai alphabet, representing the sound /s/ and classified as a high-class consonant. Its name, "so sua," means "sua" (เสือ) which translates to "tiger," and it is the 40th letter in the traditional Thai consonant order. In the Thai writing system, this character is used in various words and often appears in a reduced or subscript form when combined with certain vowels or consonants to form compound sounds. As a fundamental component of the Thai script, U+0E2A plays a key role in distinguishing meanings in the language's tonal and orthographic system.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E2A
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character so Sua
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Letter so Sua
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ส
HTML Hex Encoding ส
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E2A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E2A
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e2a

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