U+1A6E "ᩮ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign E Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1A6E "ᩮ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign E is a combining mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed for writing languages such as Northern Thai (Kam Mueang), Tai Lü, and Khün. This character represents a vowel sound roughly equivalent to the Latin letter "e" and is placed above or around a consonant character to modify its pronunciation. It forms part of a complex system of diacritical marks in the Tai Tham script, which is known for its elaborate and decorative glyphs. In modern usage, it remains important for preserving and accurately rendering liturgical and literary texts in these regional languages, particularly in parts of northern Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and southern China.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A6E |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Vowel Sign E |
| 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 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A6E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A6E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a6e |