U+17B3 "ឳ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qau Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឳ
U+17B3 "ឳ" Khmer Independent Vowel Qau is a glyph used in the Khmer script to represent a specific, standalone vowel sound distinct from the inherent vowel found after consonants. This character functions as an independent vowel, typically romanized as "au" or "ao," and is employed in writing certain native Khmer words and loanwords where the vowel does not follow a consonant. It belongs to the Khmer block of the Unicode standard and is part of the script's inventory of vowel symbols that can appear without a base consonant character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17B3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Independent Vowel Qau |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17b3 |