U+19B6 "ᦶ" New Tai Lue Vowel Sign Ae Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+19B6 "ᦶ" New Tai Lue Vowel Sign Ae is a diacritical mark used in the New Tai Lue script, which is employed to write the Tai Lue language spoken primarily in southern China, northern Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. This vowel sign indicates a long "ae" sound, similar to the vowel in the English word "cat," and it is placed before the consonant it modifies in the script's syllabic structure. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures consistent digital representation and interchange of this linguistic element across modern computer systems and platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+19B6
Version Added 4.1
Name New Tai Lue Vowel Sign Ae
Block New Tai Lue
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᦶ
HTML Hex Encoding ᦶ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA6 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x19B6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000019B6
C/C++/Java Escape \u19b6

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 Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Visual Order Left
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Logical Order Exception Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter