U+1781 "ខ" Khmer Letter Kha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ខ
U+1781 "ខ" Khmer Letter Kha is a consonant in the Khmer script, representing the aspirated voiceless velar stop sound, similar to the "kh" in the English word "khan." It is the second character in the Khmer alphabet, following the letter Ka, and serves as a fundamental building block for writing the Khmer language, which is the official language of Cambodia. This character is visually distinctive with its curved top and a small tail-like stroke, and it can be combined with various diacritics to modify its inherent vowel sound or create subscript forms. In religious and historical contexts, it appears in many classical Khmer texts and inscriptions, reflecting Cambodia's rich cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1781 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Letter Kha |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ខ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ខ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1781 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001781 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1781 |