U+1A29 "ᨩ" Tai Tham Letter Low Ca Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A29 "ᨩ" Tai Tham Letter Low Ca is a consonant used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed to write the Northern Thai (Lan Na), Tai Lü, and Khün languages. This specific letter represents a low-class ca sound, distinguishing it from its high-class counterpart in the script's tone class system, which is essential for determining the correct tonal pronunciation of words. As part of the Tai Tham block in Unicode, it facilitates the digital preservation and modern text processing of these languages, which are spoken primarily in parts of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, and China.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A29 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Letter Low Ca |
| Block | Tai Tham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᨩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᨩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA8 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A29 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A29 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a29 |