U+AA96 "ꪖ" Tai Viet Letter Low Tho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꪖ
U+AA96 "ꪖ" Tai Viet Letter Low Tho is a script character used in the Tai Viet writing system, which is employed for languages such as Tai Dam, Tai Don, and Thai Song, primarily spoken by ethnic Tai communities in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. This specific character, "LOW THO," represents a low tone consonant sound, typically corresponding to the "th" sound as in "thin" but with a lower tonal register. Its design is part of a syllabic script that distinguishes between high and low tone consonants to indicate pitch variations, and it follows the standard Unicode encoding to ensure consistent digital representation across platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AA96 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Viet Letter Low Tho |
| Block | Tai Viet |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꪖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꪖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAA 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAA96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AA96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaa96 |