U+1A58 "ᩘ" Tai Tham Sign Mai Kang Lai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A58 "ᩘ" Tai Tham Sign Mai Kang Lai is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed for writing languages such as Northern Thai, Tai Lü, and Khün. This sign functions as a tone marker, specifically indicating a particular tone in the phonology of these languages, and it is placed over or attached to a consonant character to modify its pronunciation. Its distinctive form, resembling a small loop or curl, is an essential component of the Tai Tham writing system, preserving the tonal distinctions that are crucial for accurate reading and comprehension of texts in the region.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A58 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Sign Mai Kang Lai |
| 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 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A58 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A58 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a58 |