U+0EA0 "ຠ" Lao Letter Pali Bha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0EA0 "ຠ" Lao Letter Pali Bha is a distinctive glyph from the Lao script, used specifically to represent the aspirated consonant sound "bha" in the Pali language, which is the liturgical language of Theravada Buddhism. It is part of the Lao block of Unicode and is typically employed in religious or scholarly texts to accurately transcribe Pali terms, as the standard Lao alphabet does not normally include this aspirated sound in everyday writing. The character's design features a curved, rounded shape with an intricate loop, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital documents and software can faithfully reproduce this specialized letter for linguistic and historical purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EA0 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Lao Letter Pali Bha |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EA0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EA0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ea0 |