U+1AAC "᪬" Tai Tham Sign Hang Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1AAC "᪬" Tai Tham Sign Hang is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Tham script, a writing system historically employed for languages such as Tai Lü, Khün, and Northern Thai (Lan Na). This specific sign functions as a tone marker, modifying the pronunciation of a syllable by indicating a particular tonal contour, which is essential for conveying accurate meaning in these tonal languages. Its design typically appears as a small, hook like symbol attached above or beside a consonant character, and it plays a crucial role in the orthographic representation of the Tai Tham writing tradition.

General Properties

Code Point U+1AAC
Version Added 5.2
Name Tai Tham Sign Hang
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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1AAC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001AAC
C/C++/Java Escape \u1aac

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