U+1AA2 "᪢" Tai Tham Sign Sawan Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1AA2 "᪢" Tai Tham Sign Sawan is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is traditionally employed to write languages such as Northern Thai (Lan Na), Tai Lü, and Khün. This specific sign indicates a tone or vowel modification, often serving to denote a falling or high tone in the syllable it accompanies. It appears as a small, curved stroke placed above or near a consonant, playing a crucial role in the precise phonetic representation of these languages. The Tai Tham script itself is an abugida descended from the Brahmi family, and the Sawan sign is part of its extended repertoire for capturing the tonal and vocalic nuances of the region's linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AA2 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Tham Sign Sawan |
| 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 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AA2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AA2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1aa2 |