U+17E5 "៥" Khmer Digit Five Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17E5 "៥" Khmer Digit Five is the numeric symbol representing the number five in the Khmer script, which is used to write the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia. This character belongs to the Khmer block of the Unicode standard and is employed in both traditional and modern Khmer writing systems for counting, mathematics, and dates. Visually, it resembles a stylized curve or loop, distinct from the Latin digits, and its usage reflects the broader Hindu-Arabic numeral system adapted to fit the aesthetic and orthographic rules of Khmer calligraphy and typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17E5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Digit Five |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ៥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ៥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9F 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17e5 |