U+1970 "ᥰ" Tai Le Letter Tone-2 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1970 "ᥰ" Tai Le Letter Tone-2 is a typographic mark used in the Tai Le script, which is primarily employed for writing the Tai Nüa language spoken by the Dehong Dai people in Yunnan, China and parts of Myanmar. This specific character, called "Tone-2," functions as a diacritic or modifier that indicates a particular tonal inflection in the language, where tone is a crucial element for distinguishing word meanings. It appears as a small, distinctive symbol that is placed above or alongside a base consonant character in the Tai Le writing system, representing the second of several tones that shape pronunciation and semantics. By encoding this tonal marker, Unicode supports the accurate digital representation of Tai Nüa, helping preserve the linguistic heritage of its speakers.

General Properties

Code Point U+1970
Version Added 4.0
Name Tai Le Letter Tone-2
Block Tai Le
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᥰ
HTML Hex Encoding ᥰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA5 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1970
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001970
C/C++/Java Escape \u1970

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 Tone Letter
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