U+1A6F "ᩯ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign Ae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᩯ
U+1A6F "ᩯ" Tai Tham Vowel Sign Ae is a combining mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed to write the Northern Thai (Lanna), Tai Lü, and Khün languages. This specific vowel sign represents the sound /ɛː/ similar to the vowel in the English word "air" and is positioned after its preceding consonant character to form the required syllabic vowel. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text in these languages can be accurately represented and preserved, supporting the ongoing linguistic and cultural heritage of the Tai peoples in Southeast Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1A6F |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Vowel Sign Ae |
| 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 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1A6F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001A6F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1a6f |