U+0E30 "ะ" Thai Character Sara A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E30 "ะ" Thai Character Sara A is a vowel sign in the Thai script, specifically representing a short 'a' sound, similar to the 'a' in the English word "about." It is always written to the left of the consonant it modifies, although its pronunciation follows the consonant, and it appears in many common Thai words, such as กะ (gà, meaning "to estimate" or "with"). Unlike some other Thai vowels, Sara A is never combined with a trailing consonant symbol to form a composite vowel, making it one of the fundamental standalone vowel marks in the Thai writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E30 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Sara A |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Vowel Sign Sara A |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ะ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ะ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E30 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e30 |