KHMER INDEPENDENT VOWEL QAI·U+17B0

Character Information

Code Point
U+17B0
HEX
17B0
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Other Letter

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E1 9E B0
11100001 10011110 10110000
UTF16 (big Endian)
17 B0
00010111 10110000
UTF16 (little Endian)
B0 17
10110000 00010111
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 17 B0
00000000 00000000 00010111 10110000
UTF32 (little Endian)
B0 17 00 00
10110000 00010111 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
ឰ
URI Encoded
%E1%9E%B0

Description

The Unicode character U+17B0, known as Khmer Independent Vowel Qai (ហ), plays a pivotal role in the digital text of the Khmer script, which is primarily used for writing the Khmer language, the official language of Cambodia. As an independent vowel sign, it can appear above or below other characters, indicating the presence and pronunciation of certain vowels within a word. In the Khmer language, consonants are usually written first, followed by their associated vowel marks, which may be independent or dependent on the preceding or following character. The use of U+17B0 in digital text ensures the accurate representation and transmission of the spoken and written Khmer language across various digital platforms and devices, thus preserving an important aspect of Cambodian cultural heritage.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 6064 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+17B0. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+17B0 to binary: 00010111 10110000. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100001 10011110 10110000