U+0EAE "ຮ" Lao Letter Ho Tam Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ຮ
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 |