U+0EB4 "ິ" Lao Vowel Sign I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0EB4 "ິ" Lao Vowel Sign I is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lao script to represent the short vowel sound "i". It is placed above a consonant character, where it modifies the consonant's pronunciation to include the /i/ phoneme, a fundamental component of the Lao language's vowel system. This character belongs to the Lao block within the Unicode standard and is essential for correctly writing and reading native Lao words, as its presence or absence can distinguish between different lexical meanings. As a combining mark, it requires a base consonant character to be displayed correctly in digital text, and it does not represent a standalone vowel or sound on its own.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EB4 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Vowel Sign I |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ິ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ິ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBA 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EB4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EB4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0eb4 |