U+0E41 "แ" Thai Character Sara Ae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E41 "แ" Thai Character Sara Ae is a vowel symbol used in the Thai writing system, representing the sound of a long "ae" as in the English word "air" or the vowel in "man" when pronounced with a long, open quality. Unlike some alphabetic scripts, this character is classified as a combining mark that cannot stand alone, and it is always written to the left of a consonant, visually wrapping around the consonant in a unique dual-branching form. In standard Thai orthography, Sara Ae appears in many common words and is essential for accurately distinguishing vowel lengths and sounds in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E41 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Sara Ae |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Vowel Sign Sara Ae |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | แ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | แ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB9 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E41 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e41 |