U+17E2 "២" Khmer Digit Two Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+17E2 "២" Khmer Digit Two is a numeric symbol used in the Khmer script of Cambodia to represent the number 2, where its visual form resembles a stylized "7" in Western numerals. It belongs to the Khmer script block in the Unicode Standard, specifically within the range of digits U+17E0 to U+17E9, which correspond to the decimal digits zero through nine as used in the Khmer language. This character is employed in modern and historical contexts within Cambodia for writing numbers in native Khmer text, including dates, quantities, and pagination, and it is distinct from the Arabic numerals commonly used in many other writing systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+17E2
Version Added 3.0
Name Khmer Digit Two
Block Khmer
General Category Decimal Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ២
HTML Hex Encoding ២
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x9F 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding 0x17E2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000017E2
C/C++/Java Escape \u17e2

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Decimal
Numeric Value 2
Line Break Numeric
Script Khmer
Script Extensions Khmer
Indic Syllabic Category Number
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Numeric
Sentence Break Numeric