U+AA70 "ꩰ" Myanmar Modifier Letter Khamti Reduplication Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AA70 "ꩰ" Myanmar Modifier Letter Khamti Reduplication is a specialized diacritic used in the Khamti script, a Brahmic writing system employed for the Khamti language spoken in Myanmar and parts of India. It functions as a modifier letter to indicate reduplication, a linguistic process where a word or syllable is repeated to convey grammatical or semantic changes such as plurality, intensity, or iterative action. This character is part of the Myanmar Extended-A block and is typically written as a superscript or attached to a base character to denote that the preceding syllable or word should be duplicated in pronunciation and meaning. Unlike standard punctuation or combining marks, it serves a unique orthographic purpose within the Khamti writing tradition, aiding in the accurate representation of reduplicative patterns in the language.

General Properties

Code Point U+AA70
Version Added 5.2
Name Myanmar Modifier Letter Khamti Reduplication
Block Myanmar Extended-A
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꩰ
HTML Hex Encoding ꩰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA9 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAA70
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AA70
C/C++/Java Escape \uaa70

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)
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Myanmar
Script Extensions Myanmar
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Extender Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter