U+0E9A "ບ" Lao Letter Bo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0E9A "ບ" Lao Letter Bo is the eighth consonant of the Lao alphabet and represents the voiced bilabial stop sound /b/. It is commonly used in the Lao script in written text, serving as a fundamental building block for words and often appearing in both formal and informal writing. This character is distinct from its Thai and other regional counterparts due to the unique design of the Lao script, which is a left-to-right abugida syllabic writing system. The "ບ" character is found in the Unicode standard within the Lao block (U+0E80 to U+0EFF), where it supports the digital representation of the Lao language used by millions of people in Laos and northeastern Thailand. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper display and processing of Lao text across modern computer systems and digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+0E9A
Version Added 1.1
Name Lao Letter Bo
Block Lao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ບ
HTML Hex Encoding ບ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBA 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0E9A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000E9A
C/C++/Java Escape \u0e9a

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