U+17D0 "័" Khmer Sign Samyok Sannya Unicode Character

U+17D0 "័" Khmer Sign Samyok Sannya is a combining diacritical mark used in the Khmer script to indicate a specific vowel or consonant modification, typically representing a short, inherent vowel sound or serving as a phonetic sign in transliterations and scholarly texts. It appears as a small, curved symbol placed above a consonant character, and its name, "Samyok Sannya," reflects its traditional grammatical function in Khmer orthography, where it helps to alter the pronunciation of the base letter in certain linguistic contexts, particularly in Pali and Sanskrit loanwords.