U+106C "ၬ" Myanmar Sign Western Pwo Karen Tone-4 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 |