U+0FAE "ྮ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Zha Unicode Character

U+0FAE "ྮ" Tibetan Subjoined Letter Zha is a combining mark used in the Tibetan script, specifically designed to appear as a subscript form attached beneath a base consonant. It represents the sound "zha" and is part of a larger set of subjoined consonants that modify the pronunciation of the primary character, often indicating a conjunct or cluster. In traditional Tibetan orthography, this subjoined letter is employed in the writing of complex syllables, particularly in the context of transliterating Sanskrit terms or forming specific Tibetan words, where it adds precision to the phonetic representation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0FAE
Version Added	3.0
Name	Tibetan Subjoined Letter Zha
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 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0FAE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000FAE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0fae

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