U+0E87 "ງ" Lao Letter Ngo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E87 "ງ" Lao Letter Ngo is the eleventh consonant of the Lao alphabet, representing the velar nasal sound similar to the 'ng' in the English word 'sing'. It is commonly used in written Lao and often appears as a final consonant in syllables, where it serves as a nasal ending. Visually, its cursive, looping form is distinctive among Lao script characters, contributing to the unique appearance of Lao orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E87
Version Added 1.1
Name Lao Letter Ngo
Block Lao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ງ
HTML Hex Encoding ງ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBA 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E87
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E87
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e87

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