U+0E48 "่" Thai Character Mai Ek Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0E48 "่" Thai Character Mai Ek is a combining diacritical mark used in the Thai script to indicate the low tone class of a syllable, thereby modifying the pitch contour of the preceding consonant. It appears as a small, angled stroke placed above and slightly to the right of the consonant, and its presence is essential for accurately representing the tonal system of the Thai language, which distinguishes meaning through five distinct tones. In digital text, it is typically encoded after the base consonant character and relies on proper font rendering to stack correctly, ensuring that written Thai conveys its correct pronunciation and semantic nuance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E48 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Thai Character Mai Ek |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Thai Tone Mai Ek |
| Block | Thai |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC107 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ่ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ่ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xB9 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e48 |