U+0FA5 "ྥ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Pha Unicode Character

U+0FA5 "ྥ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Pha is a combining mark used in the Tibetan script to represent the subjoined form of the consonant "pha" (the aspirated version of "pa") when written beneath a base character as part of a consonant stack, which is a common feature in Tibetan orthography for creating complex syllables. This subjoined letter, characterized by its distinctive hooked shape that attaches to the lower part of the preceding character, appears in the Tibetan block of Unicode and is essential for accurately rendering authentic Tibetan text, particularly in liturgical or classical contexts where stacked conjuncts are frequent.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0FA5
Version Added	2.0
Name	Tibetan Subjoined Letter Pha
Block	Tibetan
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ྥ
HTML Hex Encoding	ྥ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE0 0xBE 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0FA5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000FA5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0fa5

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	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Tibetan
Script Extensions	Tibetan
Indic Syllabic Category	Consonant Subjoined
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