U+17AA "ឪ" Khmer Independent Vowel Quuv Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឪ
U+17AA "ឪ" Khmer Independent Vowel Quuv is a glyph in the Khmer script used for writing the Khmer language of Cambodia, representing an independent vowel sound that functions as a syllable on its own without requiring a consonant base. This character corresponds to the sound /ɨv/ or similar diphthongized pronunciation depending on dialect, and it appears in words like "ឪពុក" meaning father, where it serves as an initial vowel. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard facilitates accurate digital representation and text processing of the Khmer script across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17AA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Independent Vowel Quuv |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17AA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017AA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17aa |