U+1089 "ႉ" Myanmar Sign Shan Tone-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1089 "ႉ" Myanmar Sign Shan Tone-5 is a diacritical mark used in the Shan language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily in Myanmar and parts of Thailand and China, within the Myanmar script block. This specific sign indicates the fifth tone of the Shan tonal system, which is a high falling tone, and it is placed above a consonant to modify the pronunciation of the syllable. As part of the Unicode standard, it enables accurate digital representation and processing of Shan text in modern computing systems, supporting linguistic and typographic consistency for the language's speakers and scholars.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1089 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Myanmar Sign Shan Tone-5 |
| 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 0x82 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1089 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001089 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1089 |