U+AAB7 "ꪷ" Tai Viet Mai Khit Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꪷ
U+AAB7 "ꪷ" Tai Viet Mai Khit is a combining diacritical mark used in the Tai Viet script, which is employed to write several Tai languages, including Tai Dam and Tai Don, primarily in Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. This specific mark, known as Mai Khit, appears above a consonant character to indicate a high-rising tone, a crucial tonal distinction in these languages that affects word meaning. Represented in Unicode since version 5.2 in 2009, it is part of the Tai Viet block and functions as a modifier character, joining with a base consonant to form a complete syllable in the writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AAB7 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Tai Viet Mai Khit |
| Block | Tai Viet |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꪷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꪷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAA 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAAB7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AAB7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uaab7 |