U+1070 "ၰ" Myanmar Letter Eastern Pwo Karen Ghwa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1070 "ၰ" Myanmar Letter Eastern Pwo Karen Ghwa is a specific typographic symbol used in the written form of the Eastern Pwo Karen language, which is part of the larger Karen language family spoken primarily in Myanmar and Thailand. Represented visually as a character combining elements of the Myanmar script, this letter corresponds to a distinct consonant sound, typically transcribed as "gh" or a similar voiced velar fricative, in the Eastern Pwo Karen orthography. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows for consistent digital representation and processing of this language, aiding in documentation, education, and communication for communities that use this script.

General Properties

Code Point U+1070
Version Added 5.1
Name Myanmar Letter Eastern Pwo Karen Ghwa
Block Myanmar
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ၰ
HTML Hex Encoding ၰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x81 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1070
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001070
C/C++/Java Escape \u1070

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 Consonant
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