U+17AB "ឫ" Khmer Independent Vowel Ry Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឫ
U+17AB "ឫ" Khmer Independent Vowel Ry is a character from the Khmer script used primarily for writing the Khmer language of Cambodia. This independent vowel represents the sound that is typically Romanized as "rɨ" or "ry," and unlike dependent vowels, it stands alone without requiring a consonant base. It is classified as a vowel in the Unicode Khmer block and is used in native Khmer words, not in transcribed foreign terms or Sanskrit-derived vocabulary. When displayed correctly, it appears as a distinct glyph that contributes to the phonetic richness of the Khmer writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17AB |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Independent Vowel Ry |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17AB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017AB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17ab |