U+106C "ၬ" Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-4 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+106C "ၬ" Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-4 is a combining diacritical mark used in the written form of the Western Pwo Karen language to indicate the fourth distinct tone. Part of the Myanmar script block in Unicode, this sign is placed above or attached to a base consonant to modify its pronunciation, specifically implementing a high rising or complex tonal contour that distinguishes word meanings in the language. It is essential for accurate orthographic representation and linguistic preservation of Western Pwo Karen, a tonal language spoken primarily in Myanmar and parts of Thailand.

General Properties

Code Point U+106C
Version Added 5.1
Name Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-4
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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x106C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000106C
C/C++/Java Escape \u106c

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 Tone Mark
Indic Positional Category Right
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend