U+17A6 "ឦ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qii Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឦ
U+17A6 "ឦ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qii is a character in the Khmer script used to represent the independent vowel sound often transliterated as "qii," typically corresponding to the long vowel sound /ɨː/ in the Khmer language. Unlike dependent vowel signs which attach to consonants, this independent vowel stands alone as a full syllable initial, functioning similarly to a complete syllable without requiring a preceding consonant character. It is part of the Unicode block for Khmer, serving as a distinct glyph within the writing system of Cambodia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17A6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Independent Vowel Qii |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17a6 |