U+1A3F "ᨿ" Tai Tham Letter Low Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A3F "ᨿ" Tai Tham Letter Low Ya is a character from the Tai Tham script, historically used primarily for writing Northern Thai (Lanna), Tai Lue, and Khün languages. This consonant represents the sound "ya" and belongs to the low tone class, which influences the tonal pronunciation of syllables in these languages. Visually, it is a stylized glyph resembling a curling loop or hook, often appearing in traditional manuscripts and modern digital texts. As part of the Tai Tham block in Unicode, it helps preserve and digitize a script that has deep cultural and religious significance in the Lanna kingdom and among related ethnic groups in Southeast Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A3F |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Letter Low Ya |
| Block | Tai Tham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᨿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᨿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA8 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A3F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A3F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a3f |