U+0EB9 "ູ" Lao Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character

U+0EB9 "ູ" Lao Vowel Sign Uu is a diacritical mark used in the Lao script to modify the vowel sound of a consonant, specifically producing a long "uu" sound as in the English word "boot." This combining character is placed above a base consonant letter to indicate the elongated vocalic pronunciation, and it is an essential component of the Lao orthography for distinguishing vowel lengths and meanings in written text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0EB9
Version Added	1.1
Name	Lao Vowel Sign Uu
Block	Lao
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	CCC118
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ູ
HTML Hex Encoding	ູ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xBA 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0EB9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000EB9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0eb9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Lao
Script Extensions	Lao
Indic Syllabic Category	Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend