U+196B "ᥫ" Tai Le Letter E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+196B "ᥫ" Tai Le Letter E is a symbol from the Tai Le script, which is used by the Tai Nüa people of Yunnan, China, and neighboring regions in Myanmar and Laos. This specific character represents the vowel sound "e" in the Tai Le writing system, distinguishing it from other vowel letters that denote different phonetic values. It is part of the Tai Le block in Unicode, encoded to support the preservation and digital use of this syllabic script, which traditionally employs a unique left-to-right writing style. The letter itself plays a role in documenting and transmitting the Tai Nüa language, contributing to efforts in linguistic conservation and modern communication for the community that uses it.

General Properties

Code Point U+196B
Version Added 4.0
Name Tai Le Letter E
Block Tai Le
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᥫ
HTML Hex Encoding ᥫ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA5 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0x196B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000196B
C/C++/Java Escape \u196b

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 Tai Le
Script Extensions Tai Le
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel
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