U+17AE "ឮ" Khmer Independent Vowel Lyy Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+17AE "ឮ" Khmer Independent Vowel Lyy is a distinct glyph used in the Khmer script to represent the vowel sound often transcribed as "lyy" or "lɨɨ," functioning as an independent vowel that does not require a consonant base to form a syllable. Typically appearing in loanwords or specific lexical contexts within the Khmer language, it visually resembles a stylized loop or curl and is part of the broader set of Khmer independent vowels that encode phonetic values without relying on consonant-subscript combinations.
General Properties
Code Point
U+17AE
Name
Khmer Independent Vowel Lyy
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ឮ
HTML Hex Encoding
ឮ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE1 0x9E 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x17AE
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000017AE
C/C++/Java Escape
\u17ae
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Khmer