U+0E16 "ถ" Thai Character Tho Thung Unicode Character

U+0E16 "ถ" Thai Character Tho Thung is the forty first letter of the Thai alphabet, representing the voiceless aspirated retroflex stop sound /tʰ/, similar to the 't' in the English word "top." In Thai, its name "Tho Thung" refers to the word "ถุง" (thung), meaning a bag or sack, which serves as a mnemonic for learning the letter. This character is used extensively in the Thai script to form syllables and words, and it belongs to the high class of consonants, which influences the tone of the syllable it begins when combined with vowel diacritics.