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 |