U+1799 "យ" Khmer Letter Yo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
យ
U+1799 "យ" Khmer Letter Yo is the thirty-second consonant in the Khmer alphabet, representing the sound /j/ or /jo/ depending on its position and vowel context. It belongs to the Khmer script, used primarily for writing the Khmer language of Cambodia, and is a rounded, single-stroke character with a distinctive loop at its base. In the Khmer writing system, this letter can function as a consonant or as a vowel-like component when combined with other diacritics, and it is commonly found in both classical and modern texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1799 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Letter Yo |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | យ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | យ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1799 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001799 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1799 |