U+1985 "ᦅ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1985 "ᦅ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Ka is a glyph representing a consonant used in the New Tai Lue script, an abugida devised for writing the Tai Lü language spoken primarily in southern China, Myanmar, Laos, and Thailand. This specific character, "Low Ka," belongs to the set of low-class consonants in the script's tonal classification, indicating a low or falling tone when combined with vowel markers. Encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the New Tai Lue block (U+1980 to U+19DF), it supports modern digital representation of the language, which underwent orthographic reform in the 1950s to simplify the traditional Tai Tham script. Visually, it resembles a rounded shape with a vertical stroke, and its usage helps preserve and digitize the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Tai Lü people.

General Properties

Code Point U+1985
Version Added 4.1
Name New Tai Lue Letter Low Ka
Block New Tai Lue
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᦅ
HTML Hex Encoding ᦅ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA6 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1985
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001985
C/C++/Java Escape \u1985

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 New Tai Lue
Script Extensions New Tai Lue
Indic Syllabic Category 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