U+1AA0 "᪠" Tai Tham Sign Wiang Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᪠
U+1AA0 "᪠" Tai Tham Sign Wiang is a distinctive punctuation mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed to write languages such as Northern Thai (Kam Mueang), Tai Lue, and Khün. This sign specifically functions as a visual marker to indicate a town or city name, often appearing before or after the place name in manuscripts and inscriptions to highlight its significance. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital texts and documents can accurately represent this important typographic element, preserving the script's traditional role in geographic and administrative contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AA0 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Sign Wiang |
| Block | Tai Tham |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᪠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᪠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAA 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AA0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AA0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1aa0 |