U+0E8A "ຊ" Lao Letter so Tam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຊ
U+0E8A "ຊ" Lao Letter so Tam is a character in the Lao script used primarily for writing the Lao language, where it represents the voiceless alveolar fricative "s" sound, but with a distinct low tonal class designation that differentiates it from other similar letters. Derived from the Khmer script, this letter is part of a family of characters that enable precise phonetic representation in Lao orthography, and it appears in a variety of written texts ranging from traditional religious manuscripts to modern digital communications. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates consistent encoding and exchange of Lao text across different digital platforms and systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E8A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Letter so Tam |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E8A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E8A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e8a |