U+AA2C "ꨬ" Cham Vowel Sign Ei Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AA2C "ꨬ" Cham Vowel Sign Ei is a combining mark used in the Cham script, an abugida primarily employed to write the Cham language spoken by the Cham people in Cambodia and Vietnam. This character functions as a vowel sign that modifies the inherent vowel of a consonant to produce the sound "ei," and it is placed after or above the base consonant character in a syllable. It is part of the Cham block in Unicode, which supports the historical and contemporary orthography of the language, enabling accurate digital representation and preservation of Cham literature and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+AA2C
Version Added 5.1
Name Cham Vowel Sign Ei
Block Cham
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꨬ
HTML Hex Encoding ꨬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA8 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAA2C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AA2C
C/C++/Java Escape \uaa2c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Cham
Script Extensions Cham
Indic Syllabic Category Vowel Dependent
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend