U+1A24 "ᨤ" Tai Tham Letter Low Kxa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1A24 "ᨤ" Tai Tham Letter Low Kxa is a glyph used in the Tai Tham script, historically employed for writing languages such as Northern Thai (Lanna), Tai Lue, and Khün. This specific character represents a low-class consonant sound, typically transcribed as "kxa" or "kh," and belongs to the set of Tai Tham letters used to accurately render the tonal and phonetic distinctions of these related Tai languages. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates the digital preservation and modern electronic exchange of texts in these endangered and culturally significant scripts, allowing for consistent representation across devices and software.

General Properties

Code Point U+1A24
Version Added 5.2
Name Tai Tham Letter Low Kxa
Block Tai Tham
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᨤ
HTML Hex Encoding ᨤ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA8 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1A24
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001A24
C/C++/Java Escape \u1a24

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 Tham
Script Extensions Tai Tham
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break 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