U+1784 "ង" Khmer Letter Ngo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ង
U+1784 "ង" Khmer Letter Ngo is a graphene in the Khmer script, representing the voiced velar nasal sound /ŋ/ as in the English word "sing" or "song". It is the fifth consonant in the traditional order of the Khmer alphabet and is used extensively in the Khmer language, which is the official language of Cambodia. This character can appear in both initial and final positions within a syllable and is a fundamental component of written Khmer, often found in common words and religious texts. Its distinct visual form features a curved loop with a short tail, making it easily recognizable within the script's rounded aesthetic.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1784 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Letter Ngo |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ង |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ង |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1784 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001784 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1784 |