U+17A8 "ឨ" Khmer Independent Vowel Quk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឨ
U+17A8 "ឨ" Khmer Independent Vowel Quk is a rarely used character in the Khmer script, representing an independent vowel sound that functions as a syllable on its own without relying on a consonant base. It is part of a set of ancient or less common independent vowels in the Khmer writing system, which is primarily used to write the Khmer language in Cambodia. This specific vowel, Quk, may appear in historical or liturgical texts, but it is not part of the modern standard Khmer orthography, making it largely obsolete in contemporary usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17A8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Independent Vowel Quk |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17a8 |