U+1A56 "ᩖ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign Medial La Unicode Character

U+1A56 "ᩖ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign Medial La is a combining mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is traditionally employed for writing Northern Thai, Tai Lü, and other related languages. This character functions as a medial consonant sign, specifically representing the sound of an interposed "la" within a syllable, altering the pronunciation of the base consonant it attaches to. It is typically positioned below the preceding consonant character in the script, and its correct usage is essential for preserving the phonetic and linguistic integrity of texts written in the Tai Tham tradition.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1A56
Version Added	5.2
Name	Tai Tham Consonant Sign Medial La
Block	Tai Tham
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᩖ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᩖ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xA9 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1A56
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001A56
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1a56

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Tai Tham
Script Extensions	Tai Tham
Indic Syllabic Category	Consonant Medial
Indic Positional Category	Bottom
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend