U+0E9E "ພ" Lao Letter Pho Tam Unicode Character

U+0E9E "ພ" Lao Letter Pho Tam is a consonant in the Lao alphabet, representing the aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound /pʰ/, and it belongs to the "low class" category of Lao consonants, which influences the tone of a syllable. This character is used in the Lao language, the official language of Laos, and its name "Pho Tam" specifically references its position in the traditional Lao consonant ordering. It is visually distinct with a rounded, loop-like shape and is part of the Lao script block in Unicode, which was added to the standard to support digital representation of the language and its literature.