U+17BF "ឿ" Khmer Vowel Sign Ya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ឿ
U+17BF "ឿ" Khmer Vowel Sign Ya is a combining vowel mark used in the Khmer script, primarily for writing the Khmer language of Cambodia. This character represents the sound of a long diphthong, typically pronounced like "ea" in the English word "ear" or "ia" in "piano," and it appears as a diacritical sign placed below or attached to a base consonant to modify its vowel sound. It is an essential part of the Khmer orthographic system, enabling precise representation of complex vowel structures within the language's syllabic writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17BF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Vowel Sign Ya |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ឿ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ឿ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9E 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17BF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017BF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17bf |