U+17B9 "ឹ" Khmer Vowel Sign Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17B9 "ឹ" Khmer Vowel Sign Y is a combining diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to represent a short vowel sound, specifically a close central unrounded vowel similar to the 'u' in the English word "put" but with the tongue positioned in the center of the mouth. It is written above the consonant it modifies and is distinct from the longer vowel sign "ី" which uses a separate diacritic. This vowel sign is an essential component of written Khmer, enabling precise phonetic representation in the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17B9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Vowel Sign Y |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17B9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017B9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17b9 |