U+196D "ᥭ" Tai Le Letter Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+196D "ᥭ" Tai Le Letter Ai is a character used in the Tai Le script, which is employed to write the Tai Nüa language spoken by the Tai peoples in parts of China, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. This specific letter represents the vowel sound "ai" and is part of the unified Tai Le block that was added to the Unicode standard in 2009 with version 5.2. The character is designed with a distinctive circular loop and a vertical stroke, reflecting the visual style of the Tai Le script used in traditional manuscripts and modern digital text. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and digital communication of the Tai Nüa language and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+196D |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Tai Le Letter Ai |
| Block | Tai Le |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᥭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᥭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA5 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x196D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000196D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u196d |