U+1A2B "ᨫ" Tai Tham Letter Low Cha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A2B "ᨫ" Tai Tham Letter Low Cha is a glyph used in the Tai Tham script, which historically writes languages like Northern Thai (Kam Mueang), Tai Lü, and Khün. This specific letter represents the low class consonant sound "cha," distinguished by its lower tonal class in the script's inherent tonal system. It is part of a broader block of Tai Tham characters encoded in Unicode to support digital representation and preservation of this endangered writing system. The letter's shape features a curved, hook-like structure typical of Tai Tham calligraphy, and it appears in religious manuscripts, modern texts, and digital fonts aimed at revitalizing the script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A2B |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Letter Low Cha |
| Block | Tai Tham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᨫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᨫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA8 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a2b |