U+0EC1 "ແ" Lao Vowel Sign Ei Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ແ
U+0EC1 "ແ" Lao Vowel Sign Ei is a combining mark used in the Lao script to represent the long vowel sound "ɛː", similar to the "a" in the English word "fair". It is placed before the consonant it modifies, unlike many other diacritical marks, and is a fundamental component of the Lao writing system for spelling words with that specific vowel sound. This character belongs to the Unicode block for Lao, supporting the digital representation of the language in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EC1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Vowel Sign Ei |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ແ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ແ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBB 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EC1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ec1 |