U+A9E2 "ꧢ" Myanmar Letter Shan Jha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A9E2 "ꧢ" Myanmar Letter Shan Jha is a letter from the Myanmar script block, specifically belonging to the Shan language variant used in the Shan State region of Myanmar (Burma). This character represents a voiceless palatal affricate sound, often transliterated as "Jha" and is utilized in the written form of Shan, a Tai-Kadai language, to denote a distinct consonant that is not present in standard Burmese. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard to ensure digital representation and preservation of this minority language's script, allowing for accurate text processing and typography in digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+A9E2
Version Added 7.0
Name Myanmar Letter Shan Jha
Block Myanmar Extended-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꧢ
HTML Hex Encoding ꧢ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA7 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA9E2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A9E2
C/C++/Java Escape \ua9e2

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 Myanmar
Script Extensions Myanmar
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter