U+17CB "់" Khmer Sign Bantoc Unicode Character

U+17CB "់" Khmer Sign Bantoc is a diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to indicate a stopped or shortened vowel sound, often referred to as a glottal stop, when placed above a consonant or consonant cluster. It modifies the inherent vowel of the base character to a more abrupt pronunciation, playing a key role in the phonetic system of the Khmer language by distinguishing word meanings through subtle vocalic changes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+17CB
Version Added	3.0
Name	Khmer Sign Bantoc
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 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x17CB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000017CB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u17cb

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	Syllable Modifier
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