U+0E98 "ຘ" Lao Letter Pali Dha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຘ
U+0E98 "ຘ" Lao Letter Pali Dha is a character used in the Lao script to represent the voiced aspirated consonant sound /dʰ/ as found in the Pali language, derived from the Dhamma tradition of Theravada Buddhism. This rare character is primarily employed in religious and scholarly contexts when transcribing Pali texts into the Lao writing system, distinguishing it from the more common Lao letter for the unaspirated /d/ sound. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of such specialized linguistic and spiritual materials within the Lao language community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0E98 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Lao Letter Pali Dha |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0E98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000E98 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0e98 |