U+178E "ណ" Khmer Letter Nno Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+178E "ណ" Khmer Letter Nno is a consonant used in the Khmer script, which is the official writing system for the Khmer language of Cambodia. It represents a retroflex nasal sound, similar to the "n" in "English" but pronounced with the tongue curled back against the roof of the mouth, and it belongs to the second series of Khmer consonants, typically producing an inherent vowel sound of /ɔː/ when not accompanied by a dependent vowel mark. This character is an essential part of the Khmer alphabet, appearing in many common words and contributing to the rich phonetic structure of the language, which is noted for its large inventory of consonants and vowels.

General Properties

Code Point U+178E
Version Added 3.0
Name Khmer Letter Nno
Block Khmer
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ណ
HTML Hex Encoding ណ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x9E 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0x178E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000178E
C/C++/Java Escape \u178e

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