U+1A6D "ᩭ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign Oy Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᩭ
U+1A6D "ᩭ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign Oy is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed for writing languages such as Northern Thai (Kham Mueang), Tai Lü, and Khün. This specific vowel sign represents the sound "oy" or a similar diphthong, and it is placed above a consonant character to modify its inherent vowel, forming a distinct syllable. Its encoding in the Unicode Standard enables digital preservation and accurate rendering of traditional texts in these languages, supporting linguistic and cultural heritage efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A6D |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Vowel Sign Oy |
| Block | Tai Tham |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᩭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᩭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xA9 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A6D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A6D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a6d |