U+0ECB "໋" Lao Tone Mai Catawa Unicode Character

U+0ECB "໋" Lao Tone Mai Catawa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Lao script to indicate a specific tonal pronunciation, primarily appearing in words of Pali or Sanskrit origin. Positioned above a consonant, it modifies the syllable's tone, contributing to the linguistic precision required for accurately reading and writing the Lao language in digital and printed contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0ECB
Version Added	1.1
Name	Lao Tone Mai Catawa
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 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0ECB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000ECB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0ecb

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	Tone Mark
Indic Positional Category	Top
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend