U+0E88 "ຈ" Lao Letter Co Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຈ
U+0E88 "ຈ" Lao Letter Co is a consonant in the Lao alphabet, representing the sound /t͡ɕ/ as in the English "ch" but pronounced without aspiration, similar to the "j" in "jam" when spoken in a softer tone. It is classified as a low-class consonant in the Lao tonal system, which influences the tone of the syllable in which it appears. This character is derived from the ancient Khmer script and corresponds to the Thai letter "จ" (cho chan). In modern usage, it appears in common Lao words such as "ຈອກ" (cok) meaning glass and "ຈະ" (cha) used as a future tense marker.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E88 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Letter Co |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E88 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E88 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e88 |