U+1A6E "ᩮ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign E Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Tai Tham
Script Extensions Tai Tham
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Left
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend