U+1005 "စ" Myanmar Letter Ca Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
စ
U+1005 "စ" Myanmar Letter Ca is the first consonant in the Myanmar script and represents the sound /sa̰/ in standard Burmese, though its precise pronunciation can vary slightly depending on the dialect and tonal context within the language. This character is a fundamental building block for writing Burmese and other languages that use the Myanmar script, such as Mon, Shan, and Karen, and it appears in countless native words and loanwords alike. In its standard form, it is a simple, curved character with a distinct loop at the top, and it serves as a base for creating additional letters through diacritical marks or tone markers, which modify its inherent vowel sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1005 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Myanmar Letter Ca |
| Block | Myanmar |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | စ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | စ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x80 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1005 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001005 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1005 |