U+1A5D "ᩝ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign Ba Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1A5D "ᩝ" Tai Tham Consonant Sign Ba is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is traditionally employed for writing several languages of Southeast Asia, such as Northern Thai (Lanna), Tai Lü, and Khün. This character functions as a consonant sign that modifies the pronunciation of a base consonant to produce a "ba" sound, distinct from the inherent vowel of the script. It is an essential component for accurately representing certain lexical items and phonetic nuances in texts written with the Tai Tham script, particularly those from historical manuscripts or modern revival efforts in regions like northern Thailand, Laos, and parts of Myanmar and China.

General Properties

Code Point U+1A5D
Version Added 5.2
Name Tai Tham Consonant Sign Ba
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 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1A5D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001A5D
C/C++/Java Escape \u1a5d

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 Subjoined
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