U+17C7 "ះ" Khmer Sign Reahmuk Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17C7 "ះ" Khmer Sign Reahmuk is a combining diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to represent a final glottal stop or to modify the vowel sound of a syllable, typically occurring at the end of a word or syllable after a consonant. It is visually similar to a small raised hook or comma placed above the baseline, and its presence indicates a shortened or abrupt closure of the vocal cords, often functioning as a superscript sign in Khmer orthography to alter pronunciation. This character is part of the Khmer block in Unicode and is essential for accurately writing and reading certain words in the Cambodian language, especially those with terminal glottal stops that distinguish lexical meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17C7 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Sign Reahmuk |
| 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 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17c7 |