U+1A40 "ᩀ" Tai Tham Letter High Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A40 "ᩀ" Tai Tham Letter High Ya is a consonant used in the Tai Tham script, which historically writes several languages of the Tai family, including Northern Thai (Lan Na) and Tai Lü. This character represents the high-class ya sound, distinguished from its low-class counterpart by a higher tonal register inherent in the script's phonology. It appears in religious, literary, and everyday texts within the traditional writing systems of Southeast Asia, particularly in regions of northern Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar. The character's design reflects the rounded, calligraphic style of the Tai Tham script, contributing to the preservation of linguistic and cultural heritage in these areas.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A40 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Letter High Ya |
| Block | Tai Tham |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᩀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᩀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA9 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A40 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A40 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a40 |