U+1785 "ច" Khmer Letter Ca Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ច
U+1785 "ច" Khmer Letter Ca is the first character in the Khmer script classification for consonants, representing the sound /c/ as in the English "tch" or a palatal stop, and it holds a special role as the initial element in the written Khmer language. It is used to form words and syllables, often appearing with vowel diacritics to modify its pronunciation. In Khmer linguistics, this character belongs to the first series of consonants, which influences the inherent vowel quality attached to it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1785 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Letter Ca |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ច |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ច |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1785 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001785 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1785 |