U+19F8 "᧸" Khmer Symbol Pram-Bei Roc Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+19F8 "᧸" Khmer Symbol Pram-Bei Roc is a numeral symbol used in the Khmer lunar calendar, where it represents the number eight, specifically combining the values five and three as indicated by its name "pram bei" in the Khmer language. This symbol is part of a set of specialized numeric characters employed to denote the days of the lunar month, with each figure corresponding to the waxing or waning phases of the moon. The "roc" component signals that it falls within a particular metonic cycle, an ancient system for coordinating solar and lunar years. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and accurate representation of traditional Southeast Asian calendar systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+19F8
Version Added 4.0
Name Khmer Symbol Pram-Bei Roc
Block Khmer Symbols
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᧸
HTML Hex Encoding ᧸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xA7 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x19F8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000019F8
C/C++/Java Escape \u19f8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
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