U+0EB2 "າ" Lao Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
າ
U+0EB2 "າ" Lao Vowel Sign Aa is a combining mark used in the Lao script to represent the long vowel sound /aː/, similar to the 'a' in the English word "father." It is positioned after a consonant character in written Lao and is always a dependent vowel sign, meaning it cannot stand alone and must attach to a base consonant to form a complete syllable. This character is distinct from the short vowel sign "ະ" (U+0EB0) and plays an essential role in differentiating word meanings in the Lao language where vowel length is phonemic.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EB2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Vowel Sign Aa |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | າ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | າ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EB2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EB2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0eb2 |