U+106A "ၪ" Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+106A "ၪ" Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-2 is a diacritical mark used in the written form of the Western Pwo Karen language, which is part of the larger Karenic language family spoken primarily in Myanmar and Thailand. This specific tone marker is positioned above a Myanmar (Burmese) script base character to indicate the second tone in a system that uses distinct signs for up to four tones, helping to distinguish lexical and grammatical meaning in the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for the accurate digital representation and preservation of the Western Pwo Karen writing system, supporting the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Karen community in modern electronic communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+106A |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-2 |
| Block | Myanmar |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ၪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ၪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x81 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x106A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000106A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u106a |