U+AA7D "ꩽ" Myanmar Sign Tai Laing Tone-5 Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AA7D "ꩽ" Myanmar Sign Tai Laing Tone-5 is a diacritical mark used in the Tai Laing script, a writing system for the Tai Laing language, also known as Shan or Tai Yai, spoken in parts of Myanmar and neighboring regions. This specific tone sign indicates the fifth tone in the language, which is characterized by a distinct pitch contour that differentiates lexical meaning among homophones. As part of the Unicode block for Myanmar Extended-A, this character supports the accurate digital representation and preservation of the Tai Laing language, enabling proper text rendering in modern computing environments. Its inclusion in Unicode helps linguists and speakers maintain the linguistic heritage and orthographic precision of this minority language.

General Properties

Code Point U+AA7D
Version Added 7.0
Name Myanmar Sign Tai Laing Tone-5
Block Myanmar Extended-A
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꩽ
HTML Hex Encoding ꩽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xA9 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAA7D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AA7D
C/C++/Java Escape \uaa7d

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 Tone Mark
Indic Positional Category Right
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend