U+108A "ႊ" Myanmar Sign Shan Tone-6 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+108A "ႊ" Myanmar Sign Shan Tone-6 is a combining diacritical mark used in the Shan language, which is part of the Brahmic script family and spoken primarily in Myanmar. This tone marker is placed above a consonant to indicate the sixth tone in the Shan tonal system, a crucial element for accurate pronunciation and meaning in the language. It belongs to the Myanmar Extended-A block and is encoded for digital text representation, ensuring that the distinct tonal nuances of Shan are preserved in electronic documents and communications. The character reflects the rich linguistic diversity of Myanmar and supports the preservation of Shan orthography in modern computing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+108A |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Myanmar Sign Shan Tone-6 |
| 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 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x108A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000108A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u108a |