U+108D "ႍ" Myanmar Sign Shan Council Emphatic Tone Unicode Character

U+108D "ႍ" Myanmar Sign Shan Council Emphatic Tone is a diacritic mark used in the Shan language, a Tai-Kadai language spoken primarily in Myanmar. This sign is placed above a consonant or vowel to indicate an emphatic tonal nuance, specifically associated with the Shan Council orthography standardized for literary and administrative purposes. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of Shan texts, preserving linguistic distinctions essential for meaning and cultural expression in written communication.

General Properties

Code Point	U+108D
Version Added	5.1
Name	Myanmar Sign Shan Council Emphatic Tone
Block	Myanmar
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Below
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ႍ
HTML Hex Encoding	ႍ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x82 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x108D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000108D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u108d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Myanmar
Script Extensions	Myanmar
Indic Syllabic Category	Tone Mark
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend