U+17C3 "ៃ" Khmer Vowel Sign Ai Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17C3 "ៃ" Khmer Vowel Sign Ai is a combining diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to represent the vowel sound "ai" as in the word "sai" meaning "to rub" or "to anoint." It is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify the inherent vowel, forming part of the standard Khmer alphabet for writing the Cambodian language. This glyph is distinct from other Khmer vowel signs in its specific function and phonetic representation, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to ensure consistent digital text processing and display for Khmer.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17C3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Vowel Sign Ai |
| 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 0x9F 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17c3 |