U+1A5A "ᩚ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign Low Pa Unicode Character

U+1A5A "ᩚ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign Low Pa is a combining mark used in the Tai Tham script, primarily for writing the Northern Thai, Tai Lü, and Khün languages. It functions as a diacritical sign that modifies a base consonant to represent the low class Pa sound, reflecting the tonal and phonetic distinctions within these languages. This character is part of the Tai Tham block in Unicode, supporting the preservation and digital representation of traditional scripts from Southeast Asia.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1A5A
Version Added	5.2
Name	Tai Tham Consonant Sign Low Pa
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 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1A5A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001A5A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1a5a

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 Initial Postfixed
Indic Positional Category	Top
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