U+AA9D "ꪝ" Tai Viet Letter High Po Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AA9D "ꪝ" Tai Viet Letter High Po is a representation of a consonant sound used in the Tai Viet script, which is primarily employed for writing the Tai Dam, Tai Don, and other Tai languages spoken in parts of Vietnam, Laos, China, and Thailand. This specific letter denotes a high register, aspirated "p" sound, reflecting the tonal and phonetic distinctions characteristic of Tai languages. The character is part of the Tai Viet block in Unicode, encoding a script that has seen a resurgence in digital communication and preservation efforts, allowing speakers to write their languages accurately in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+AA9D
Version Added 5.2
Name Tai Viet Letter High Po
Block Tai Viet
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꪝ
HTML Hex Encoding ꪝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAA 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAA9D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AA9D
C/C++/Java Escape \uaa9d

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 Tai Viet
Script Extensions Tai Viet
Indic Syllabic Category 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