U+17E8 "៨" Khmer Digit Eight Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17E8 "៨" Khmer Digit Eight is a numeric symbol used in the Khmer script, which is the official writing system for the Khmer language of Cambodia. This character represents the numeral eight in the Khmer decimal numeric system, which is visually distinct from the familiar Arabic numerals used in many other languages. It is encoded in the Unicode standard under the block for Khmer script, ensuring that digital text and data can accurately represent the number eight in Khmer-language contexts, such as in dates, prices, or mathematical content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17E8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Khmer Digit Eight |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Decimal Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ៨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ៨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9F 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17e8 |