U+1790 "ថ" Khmer Letter Tha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1790 "ថ" Khmer Letter Tha is an essential element of the Khmer script, which is used to write the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia. This character represents the voiceless aspirated "th" sound, akin to the "t" in the English word "top" but with a stronger burst of air, and it belongs to the first series of Khmer consonant letters, indicating a specific vowel inherent in its pronunciation. In the standard Khmer alphabet, the letter "ថ" is the 18th consonant and is distinct from other similar letters like "ត" (Ta) due to its aspirated quality. It appears commonly in Khmer words, including those borrowed from Sanskrit and Pali, and plays a vital role in the language's writing system, which is taught from early education in Cambodia for use in literature, official documents, and daily communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+1790
Version Added 3.0
Name Khmer Letter Tha
Block Khmer
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ថ
HTML Hex Encoding ថ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x9E 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1790
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001790
C/C++/Java Escape \u1790

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 Khmer
Script Extensions Khmer
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