U+17BC "ូ" Khmer Vowel Sign Uu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ូ
U+17BC "ូ" Khmer Vowel Sign Uu is a combining diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to represent a long close back rounded vowel sound, approximately equivalent to the "oo" in the English word "boot." It is placed after a Khmer consonant symbol to modify its inherent vowel, appearing as a raised horizontal stroke above the consonant. This vowel sign is part of the Khmer block in Unicode and is essential for accurately writing and pronouncing numerous words in the Cambodian language, where vowel length and quality distinguish meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17BC |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Vowel Sign Uu |
| 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17bc |