U+17CA "៊" Khmer Sign Triisap Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+17CA "៊" Khmer Sign Triisap is a diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to modify the inherent vowel or consonant sound of a base character, specifically indicating a change from a light or unaspirated phonation to a heavy or breathy voiced pronunciation, distinguishing it from other vowel-sign diacritics. It is placed above or attached to a Khmer consonant to complete the complex system of orthographic representation, playing a crucial role in accurately rendering the spoken language in written form within Cambodian texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+17CA
Version Added 3.0
Name Khmer Sign Triisap
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 0x9F 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x17CA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000017CA
C/C++/Java Escape \u17ca

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Complex Context Dependent (South East Asian)
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Khmer
Script Extensions Khmer
Indic Syllabic Category Register Shifter
Indic Positional Category Top
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend