U+0EAE "ຮ" Lao Letter Ho Tam Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+0EAE "ຮ" Lao Letter Ho Tam is a consonant in the Lao script, specifically representing the low-class voiced glottal fricative sound /h/ in the Lao language. It is distinct from its counterpart Ho Sung, which represents a high-class /h/, and is used in writing many native Lao words as well as loanwords, often appearing in the final position of syllables. This character is also notable for its role in the traditional Lao alphabet order and is a key component in typing and digital text representation of the Lao language within the Unicode standard.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ຮ
HTML Hex Encoding ຮ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE0 0xBA 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0EAE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000EAE
C/C++/Java Escape \u0eae

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