U+1991 "ᦑ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Ta Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1991 "ᦑ" New Tai Lue Letter Low Ta is a glyph from the New Tai Lue script, which is used for writing the Tai Lü language spoken primarily by the Dai people in Yunnan Province, China, and in neighboring regions of Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. This specific character represents a low-register consonant sound, typically corresponding to a voiceless, unaspirated dental or alveolar stop. It is part of the New Tai Lue alphabet, a reformed and simplified version of the older Tai Tham script, standardized for modern education and digital use. The letter appears in sequences alongside vowel and tone marks to form syllables, contributing to the script's ability to accurately represent the tonal and phonetic distinctions of the Tai Lü language.

General Properties

Code Point U+1991
Version Added 4.1
Name New Tai Lue Letter Low Ta
Block New Tai Lue
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᦑ
HTML Hex Encoding ᦑ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA6 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1991
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001991
C/C++/Java Escape \u1991

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