U+1AA3 "᪣" Tai Tham Sign Keow Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1AA3 "᪣" Tai Tham Sign Keow is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, which is historically employed for writing languages such as Northern Thai, Tai Lü, and Khün. This sign functions as a tone marker, specifically indicating a particular vocal pitch or tonal quality in the syllable it accompanies, thereby playing a crucial role in distinguishing meaning in tonal languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+1AA3
Version Added 5.2
Name Tai Tham Sign Keow
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 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1AA3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001AA3
C/C++/Java Escape \u1aa3

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 Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other