U+0E4F "๏" Thai Character Fongman Unicode Character

U+0E4F "๏" Thai Character Fongman is a traditional Thai typographic symbol, often referred to as a "fong man" or "fongman," which historically served as a decorative ornament or a marker to indicate the beginning of a stanza, verse, or important section in classical Thai literature and manuscripts. Resembling a small star or an eight-pointed asterisk, it is primarily used in poetic and formal written contexts rather than in standard prose or everyday modern Thai text. While its usage has become rare in contemporary writing, the fongman remains a distinct element of Thailand's cultural and literary heritage, preserving the stylistic conventions of older manuscript traditions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0E4F
Version Added	1.1
Name	Thai Character Fongman
Unicode 1.0 Name	Thai Fongman
Block	Thai
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	๏
HTML Hex Encoding	๏
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xB9 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0E4F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000E4F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0e4f

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	Alphabetic
Script	Thai
Script Extensions	Thai
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other