U+0EB3 "ຳ" Lao Vowel Sign Am Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0EB3 "ຳ" Lao Vowel Sign Am is a combining mark used in the Lao script to represent the vowel sound /am/. It is positioned beneath a consonant, typically modifying the syllable to produce the "am" sound, as in the word for "thought" (ຄຳ). This character is distinct from the similar-looking Thai vowel sign and is essential for accurately writing and reading standard Lao text, as it often distinguishes meaning between otherwise identical words.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EB3 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Vowel Sign Am |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ໍ" U+0ECD Lao Niggahita "າ" U+0EB2 Lao Vowel Sign Aa |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ຳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ຳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EB3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EB3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0eb3 |