U+17AF "ឯ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qe Unicode Character

U+17AF "ឯ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qe is a character used in the Khmer script to represent an independent vowel sound, distinct from dependent vowel signs that attach to consonants. This character stands alone as a syllable, typically pronounced as a long "ae" or "ay" sound, and is not used to modify a preceding consonant. It appears in the Unicode Standard within the Khmer block, supporting the writing of the Khmer language, which is the official language of Cambodia. The Unicode character U+17AF "ឯ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qe is a character used in the Khmer script to represent an independent vowel sound, distinct from dependent vowel signs that attach to consonants. This character stands alone as a syllable, typically pronounced as a long "ae" or "ay" sound, and is not used to modify a preceding consonant. It appears in the Unicode Standard within the Khmer block, supporting the writing of the Khmer language, which is the official language of Cambodia.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17AF
Version Added	3.0
Name	Khmer Independent Vowel Qe
Block	Khmer
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ឯ
HTML Hex Encoding	ឯ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x9E 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding	0x17AF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000017AF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u17af

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Script	Khmer
Script Extensions	Khmer
Indic Syllabic Category	Vowel Independent
Indic Conjunct Break	Consonant
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	OLetter