U+0E4B "๋" Thai Character Mai Chattawa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E4B "๋" Thai Character Mai Chattawa is a tonal mark used in the Thai writing system to indicate a rising tone, one of the five distinct tones in the Thai language. This diacritical mark is placed above a consonant to modify its pronunciation, and it is essential for distinguishing the meaning of words that would otherwise appear identical in written form. In linguistic analysis, the mai chattawa is part of a set of four tone markers employed in Thai orthography to represent specific tonal contours, and its correct use is crucial for clarity in both spoken and written communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E4B
Version Added 1.1
Name Thai Character Mai Chattawa
Unicode 1.0 Name Thai Tone Mai Chattawa
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 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E4B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E4B
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e4b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Thai
Script Extensions Thai
Indic Syllabic Category Tone Mark
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend