U+17F6 "៶" Khmer Symbol Lek Attak Pram-Muoy Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+17F6 "៶" Khmer Symbol Lek Attak Pram-Muoy is a numerical symbol used in the Khmer script to represent the number sixteen, specifically as part of a traditional counting system where "pram-muoy" literally means "five plus one" but in this combined form indicates eleven plus five, yielding sixteen. It belongs to the Khmer symbols block within Unicode and is employed in historical or specialized Khmer numerical contexts, distinct from the standard decimal digits. This character is not commonly used in modern everyday Khmer writing but appears in older texts and ceremonial inscriptions, serving as a numeric glyph within the traditional "lek attak" system of Khmer numerals.

General Properties

Code Point U+17F6
Version Added 4.0
Name Khmer Symbol Lek Attak Pram-Muoy
Block Khmer
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ៶
HTML Hex Encoding ៶
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x9F 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x17F6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000017F6
C/C++/Java Escape \u17f6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 6
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Khmer
Script Extensions Khmer
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other