U+17A3 "ឣ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qaq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឣ
U+17A3 "ឣ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qaq is a character used in the Khmer script to represent an independent vowel sound, specifically the inherent vowel /ʔɑ/ that occurs at the beginning of a syllable without a preceding consonant. Unlike dependent vowel signs which attach to a consonant, this standalone letter stands alone and is considered obsolete in modern Khmer, having been replaced by a different character in contemporary usage while remaining part of the Unicode standard for historical and scholarly purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17A3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Independent Vowel Qaq |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17a3 |