U+0E48 THAI CHARACTER MAI EK

The Unicode character U+0E48, officially named THAI CHARACTER MAI EK, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Thai block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as THAI TONE MAI EK.

Categorized technically as a Nonspacing Mark, this character typically falls under the Thai script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is not a composition and has no designated width in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Unknown character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.