U+0E39 "ู" Thai Character Sara Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E39 "ู" Thai Character Sara Uu is a combining vowel mark used in the Thai script to represent the long vowel sound /uː/, similar to the "oo" in "moon". Visually, it appears as a small, curved diacritic placed above a consonant, altering its pronunciation from the inherent vowel sound. This character is essential for correct spelling and phonetic clarity in the Thai language, as it distinguishes words like "ดู" (dū, meaning "to look") from those with different vowel sounds. It belongs to the Thai block of Unicode and is encoded for digital text processing, ensuring proper display and rendering in modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E39 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Sara Uu |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Vowel Sign Sara Uu |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC103 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ู |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ู |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB8 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E39 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e39 |