U+17F9 "៹" Khmer Symbol Lek Attak Pram-Buon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+17F9 "៹" Khmer Symbol Lek Attak Pram-Buon is a typographic mark used in the Khmer script to represent the numerical value of nine, specifically as part of a system of special lunar calendar symbols that denote the digits for days or months in traditional Cambodian timekeeping. This character belongs to the "Lek Attak" set, which includes modified digits derived from the base Khmer numerals, and its name "Pram-Buon" translates to "five four" in Khmer, reflecting its composition as a combination of the symbols for five and four to form the number nine. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Khmer Symbols block and is primarily utilized in historical or ceremonial contexts rather than in modern everyday writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+17F9 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Khmer Symbol Lek Attak Pram-Buon |
| Block | Khmer |
| General Category | Other Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ៹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ៹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x9F 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x17F9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000017F9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u17f9 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | Numeric |
| Numeric Value | 9 |
| 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 |