U+0E89 "ຉ" Lao Letter Pali Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຉ
U+0E89 "ຉ" Lao Letter Pali Cha is a character used in the Lao script to represent a specific consonant sound borrowed from the Pali language, which is the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism. Found within the Unicode block for Lao, this character is primarily employed in religious and scholarly texts that transcribe Pali terms, where it corresponds to the aspirated "ch" sound, distinct from the standard Lao consonant "ຈ" for "cha." Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representation and exchange of ancient Buddhist scriptures and related materials remain accurate for scholars, monks, and linguists working with Lao.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E89 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Lao Letter Pali Cha |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E89 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E89 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e89 |