U+1784 "ង" Khmer Letter Ngo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script Khmer
Script Extensions Khmer
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter