U+17CE "៎" Khmer Sign Kakabat Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
៎
U+17CE "៎" Khmer Sign Kakabat is a diacritical mark used in the Khmer script, primarily found in older or religious texts to indicate a specific tone or phonetic nuance. It visually resembles a small hook or curl placed above a consonant, and its name, "Kakabat," reflects its traditional role in modifying pronunciation within the Khmer language. This character is part of the Khmer block in Unicode and is distinct from other tone marks, serving as a historical and orthographic marker rather than a frequent element in modern standard writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17CE |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Sign Kakabat |
| 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 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17CE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017CE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17ce |