U+0E2B "ห" Thai Character Ho Hip Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E2B "ห" Thai Character Ho Hip is a letter in the Thai script, classified as a high-class consonant and representing the sound /h/ at the beginning of a syllable. Its name "Ho Hip" refers to the mnemonic word "hip," which means a box or container, and is used to help learners remember the character through the initial sound of that word. This character also functions as a leading consonant in Thai, where it modifies the tone of the following syllable, particularly when paired with low-class consonants to enable certain tonal pronunciations. As an essential component of the Thai writing system, it appears in numerous common words and contributes to the distinctive tonal nature of the Thai language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E2B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Ho Hip |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Letter Ho Hip |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ห |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ห |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e2b |