U+0E84 "ຄ" Lao Letter Kho Tam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E84 "ຄ" Lao Letter Kho Tam is a consonant in the Lao script, representing an aspirated voiceless velar plosive sound, similar to the "kh" sound found in the English word "kite." It corresponds to the thirty-second letter of the Lao alphabet and is classified as a low-class consonant, which influences the tone of the syllable in which it appears according to Lao tonal rules. This character is used in the Lao language, primarily spoken in Laos and among Lao communities in neighboring countries, and it appears in both historical and modern texts, including digital communication where Unicode ensures its consistent representation across platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E84
Version Added 1.1
Name Lao Letter Kho Tam
Block Lao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ຄ
HTML Hex Encoding ຄ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBA 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E84
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E84
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e84

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 Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Lao
Script Extensions Lao
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter