U+109B "ႛ" Myanmar Sign Khamti Tone-3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ႛ
U+109B "ႛ" Myanmar Sign Khamti Tone-3 is a diacritical mark used in the Khamti Shan language, a Tai language spoken primarily in Myanmar and parts of India and China. This sign is placed above a consonant in the Myanmar script to indicate the third of four distinct lexical tones in Khamti, helping to differentiate word meanings that would otherwise be ambiguous. It is part of the Myanmar Extended-A block, introduced in Unicode version 5.2, and supports the accurate digital representation of the Khamti language, which has a rich tonal system essential for correct pronunciation and comprehension.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+109B |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Myanmar Sign Khamti Tone-3 |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x109B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000109B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u109b |