U+0E32 "า" Thai Character Sara Aa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E32 "า" Thai Character Sara Aa is a combining vowel symbol used in the Thai script to represent the long vowel sound "aa," similar to the "a" in "father." It appears as a small, curved mark placed to the right of a consonant letter, where it modifies the consonant's inherent vowel sound to create a long, open "ah" pronunciation. This character is essential for spelling many common Thai words and is always used in conjunction with a preceding consonant, never standing alone in standard writing. It belongs to the Thai block of Unicode and is classified as a spacing vowel mark, meaning it occupies its own visual space rather than combining directly with the consonant above or below.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E32
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Sara Aa
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Vowel Sign Sara Aa
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding า
HTML Hex Encoding า
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB8 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E32
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E32
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e32

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 Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Right
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