U+0EC9 "້" Lao Tone Mai Tho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0EC9 "້" Lao Tone Mai Tho is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lao script to indicate a specific tone, specifically the high-falling or rising tone, depending on the class of the consonant it modifies. This character is placed above a consonant letter, altering its pronunciation to distinguish meaning between otherwise identical words in the Lao language. As part of the Universal Coded Character Set, it ensures that digital text and fonts can accurately represent this tonal marker, supporting the proper writing and reading of Lao across computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0EC9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Lao Tone Mai Tho |
| Block | Lao |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | CCC122 |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ້ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ້ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xBB 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0EC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000EC9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0ec9 |