U+0EC0 "ເ" Lao Vowel Sign E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0EC0 "ເ" Lao Vowel Sign E is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lao script to represent the vowel sound /eː/, as in the English word "say." It is positioned to the left of a consonant character, which is an unusual feature among scripts typically written left to right, and it modifies the consonant's inherent vowel sound to create open mid-front vowel pronunciations. In the Lao language, this vowel sign appears frequently in words like ເດັກ (dek, meaning "child") and ເພງ (pheng, meaning "song"), and it is essential for accurate reading and writing in the Lao writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EC0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Vowel Sign E |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ເ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ເ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBB 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EC0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EC0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ec0 |