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

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