U+0E82 "ຂ" Lao Letter Kho Sung Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຂ
U+0E82 "ຂ" Lao Letter Kho Sung is a consonant in the Lao script that represents an aspirated /kʰ/ sound, specifically the high tone class "Kho Sung" often used in transliterations of Sanskrit, Pali, and foreign loanwords. As a distinct glyph within the Unicode Standard's Lao block, it appears visually similar to a looped or curled form that typically sits below the baseline. This character is not frequently used in modern everyday Lao writing for indigenous words, but it remains essential for accurately representing certain religious, historical, and borrowed terms, thereby preserving the phonetic and etymological integrity of the Lao language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E82 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Letter Kho Sung |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E82 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E82 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e82 |