U+1016 "ဖ" Myanmar Letter Pha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ဖ
U+1016 "ဖ" Myanmar Letter Pha is a symbol used in the Myanmar script to represent the aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound, similar to the "p" in English "pack" but with a strong puff of air. It is part of the Myanmar block in Unicode, which encodes the writing system for the Burmese language as well as several other languages in Myanmar, such as Mon and Shan. This letter is distinguished from its unaspirated counterpart "ပ" by a curved hook or loop on the left side of the character, and it appears in both printed and handwritten forms as a fundamental component of syllables in the complex Brahmic-derived abugida.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1016 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Myanmar Letter Pha |
| Block | Myanmar |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ဖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ဖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x80 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1016 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001016 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1016 |