U+17C4 "ោ" Khmer Vowel Sign Oo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17C4 "ោ" Khmer Vowel Sign Oo is a combining mark used in the Khmer script to represent a long back rounded vowel sound, phonetically equivalent to the "oo" in "boot." This vowel sign modifies a preceding consonant by attaching to its right side, altering the syllable's pronunciation. It functions as part of a complex orthographic system where vowels can appear above, below, or beside consonants, and it is essential for writing many common Khmer words, distinguishing meanings through tonal and length contrasts that are fundamental to the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17C4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Vowel Sign Oo |
| 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 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17c4 |