U+1052 "ၒ" Myanmar Letter Vocalic R Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1052 "ၒ" Myanmar Letter Vocalic R is a character used in the Myanmar script to represent a vocalic-r sound, specifically a syllabic consonant that functions as a vowel rather than a consonant. It was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Myanmar Extended-A block, reflecting the linguistic needs of certain languages that use the script, such as the Pali language in religious or scholarly contexts. Its glyph resembles a distinctive curl or loop attached to a baseline, distinguishing it from standard consonant characters.

General Properties

Code Point U+1052
Version Added 3.0
Name Myanmar Letter Vocalic R
Block Myanmar
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ၒ
HTML Hex Encoding ၒ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x81 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1052
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001052
C/C++/Java Escape \u1052

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Myanmar
Script Extensions Myanmar
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Independent
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter