U+1A5B "ᩛ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign High Ratha or Low Pa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᩛ
U+1A5B "ᩛ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign High Ratha or Low Pa is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed for writing languages such as Northern Thai (Lanna), Tai Lü, and Khün. This glyph functions as a consonant sign that can represent either a high tonal class "r" sound (High Ratha) or a low tonal class "p" sound (Low Pa) depending on its context within a syllable, thereby influencing the pronunciation and tone of the character it accompanies. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures proper digital representation and preservation of this traditional script, which is vital for cultural and linguistic documentation in Southeast Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A5B |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Consonant Sign High Ratha or 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A5B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a5b |