U+0E40 "เ" Thai Character Sara E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E40 "เ" Thai Character Sara E is a combining vowel mark in the Thai script, known as Sara E, which is positioned to the left of a consonant to represent the sound "e" as in "bed" or "bait" in English approximation, though its precise pronunciation varies depending on tone and syllable structure. Unlike many other vowel characters that appear above, below, or after the consonant, Sara E is one of a unique group of Thai vowel symbols that precede the consonant in writing, even though the vowel sound follows the consonant in speech, creating a notable orthographic feature of the Thai language. This character is a fundamental component of written Thai and is used extensively in forming syllables, words, and entire sentences across the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E40
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Sara E
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Vowel Sign Sara E
Block Thai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding เ
HTML Hex Encoding เ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xB9 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E40
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E40
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e40

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 Visual Order Left
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Logical Order Exception Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter