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For Khmer lunar date symbols, see Khmer Symbols (Unicode block). Unicode character block
Khmer
RangeU+1780..U+17FF
(128 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsKhmer
Major alphabetsKhmer
Assigned114 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
2 deprecated
Unicode version history
3.0 (1999)103 (+103)
4.0 (2003)114 (+11)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:
Graphic board for the Unicode block Khmer

Khmer is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Khmer (Cambodian) language. For details of the characters, see Khmer alphabet – Unicode.

Block

Khmer
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+178x
U+179x
U+17Ax
U+17Bx  KIV 
AQ
 KIV 
AA
U+17Cx
U+17Dx  ្ 
U+17Ex
U+17Fx
Notes
1. As of Unicode version 16.0
2. Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points
3. U+17A3 and U+17A4 are deprecated as of Unicode versions 4.0 and 5.2 respectively

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Khmer block:

Version Final code points Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
3.0 U+1780..17DC, 17E0..17E9 103 L2/97-040 N1524 Everson, Michael (1997-01-22), Proposal for encoding the Khmer script in ISO 10646
L2/97-194 Bauhahn, Maurice (1997-07-30), Proposal for Encoding of the Khmer Script
L2/97-255R Aliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Khmer ", Approved Minutes – UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA – August 4-5, 1997
L2/98-039 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-02-24), "3.A.2. Khmer", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #74 & L2 #171, Mountain View, CA - December 5, 1997
L2/98-101 N1729 Ad-hoc report on Burmese and Khmer, 1998-03-18
L2/98-175 N1779 Text for PDAM registration and consideration ballot for ISO 10646-1 Amendment 25 - Khmer, 1998-05-11
N1825 Paterson, Bruce (1998-05-11), PDAM25 - Khmer cover sheet
N1825.1 Paterson, Bruce (1998-05-11), PDAM25 - Khmer full text
L2/98-158 Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-05-26), "Khmer", Draft Minutes – UTC #76 & NCITS Subgroup L2 #173 joint meeting, Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, April 20-22, 1998
L2/98-286 N1703 Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.17", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/98-359 N1856 Sato, T. K. (1998-08-21), Addition of Rial sign on ISO/IEC 10646-1
L2/98-324 N1901 ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 25, AMENDMENT 25: Khmer, 1998-10-23
L2/98-341 Disposition of comments report on SC2 N3105, ISO 10646 Amd. 25: Khmer, 1998-10-23
N1911 Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-23), Text of FPDAM 25 - Khmer - SC2 N3201
L2/99-010 N1903 (pdf, html, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1998-12-30), "6.7.8", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 35, London, U.K.; 1998-09-21--25
L2/99-128 Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #25 - Khmer
L2/99-232 N2003 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.2.8 FPDAM25 – Khmer script", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
L2/00-009 N2149 Sato, T. K. (2000-01-05), Khmer Up-Date
L2/00-056 N2164 Sato, T. K. (2000-02-23), AMD-25 (Khmer) correction request
L2/00-109 Suignard, Michel (2000-04-06), Corrections to Khmer character tables in 10646 and Unicode
L2/00-234 N2203 (rtf, txt) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.1", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
L2/00-338 N2274 Working Draft of Tables & Character Names for Editorial correction to Khmer for 10646-1:2000, 2000-09-19
L2/01-307 Whistler, Ken (2001-08-06), Serious bug in Khmer, Myanmar combining classes
L2/01-308 Hosken, Martin; Whistler, Ken (2001-08-08), Serious bug in Khmer, Myanmar combining classes
L2/01-310 McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2001-08-12), Khmer issues on the Horizon
L2/01-372 N2380 Cambodian official objection to the existing Khmer block in UCS, 2001-10-08
L2/01-382 N2385 Bauhahn, Maurice; Everson, Michael (2001-10-11), Response to Cambodian official objection to Khmer block (N2380)
L2/01-421 N2380R Cambodian official objection to the existing Khmer block in UCS, 2001-10-14
L2/01-394 Phu, Leewood (2001-10-17), Letter from Cambodia to JTC 1 Chairman Regarding Khmer Character Encoding in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/01-443 N2406 Response to WG2 Document N2385, 2001-10-11, 2001-11-04
L2/01-476 Karlsson, Kent (2001-12-19), Ordering rules for Khmer
L2/02-016 Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for repetition marks
L2/02-017 Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for avagrahas, etc.
L2/02-073 Davis, Mark (2002-02-08), Cambodian
L2/02-097 Chea, Sok Huor; Lao, Kim Leang; Harada, Shiro; Klein, Norbert (2002-02-13), Proposal to deprecate Khmer characters
L2/02-131 N2412 Everson, Michael (2002-03-31), On the suitability of the COENG encoding model for Khmer
L2/02-154 N2403 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "5.1", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
L2/02-196 N2458 Harada, Shiro (2002-05-03), On the Unsuitability of "COENG encoding model" for Khmer
L2/02-211 N2459 Cambodian stance regarding Khmer code table in Unicode 3.2, 2002-05-14
N2459R Revised Cambodian stance regarding Khmer code table in Unicode, 2002-05-20
L2/02-166R2 Moore, Lisa (2002-08-09), "Consensus 91-C5", UTC #91 Minutes, Leave the ROBAT as it is in the standard today (do not deprecate) and document its use appropriately.
L2/02-070 Moore, Lisa (2002-08-26), "Consensus 90-C1, Consensus 90-C2, and Motion 90-M9", Minutes for UTC #90
L2/03-430 Davis, Mark (2003-11-10), Problem with Khmer / ZWJ / ZWNJ
N2956 Freytag, Asmus (2005-08-12), "Representative glyphs for U+17D2 and U+10A3F", Unicode Consortium Liaison Report for WG2 Meeting #47
L2/05-180 Moore, Lisa (2005-08-17), "Consensus 104-C12", UTC #104 Minutes, Change the representative glyphs for Kharoshthi U+10A3F and Khmer U+17D2 to be the same as U+17D2, but with both enclosed in a dashed box...
N2953 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2006-02-16), "M47.16 (Miscellaneous glyph defects)", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 47, Sophia Antipolis, France; 2005-09-12/15
L2/08-287 Davis, Mark (2008-08-04), Public Review Issue #122: Proposal for Additional Deprecated Characters
L2/08-253R2 Moore, Lisa (2008-08-19), "Consensus 116-C13", UTC #116 Minutes, Change the deprecated property by removing 0340, 0341, 17D3, and adding 0149, 0F77, 0F79, 17A4, 2329, 232A.
L2/08-328 (html, xls) Whistler, Ken (2008-10-14), Spreadsheet of Deprecation and Discouragement
L2/09-234 N3603 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.13h", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/10-416R Moore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Properties of Two Khmer Characters (B.10.3) ", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
4.0 U+17DD, 17F0..17F9 11 L2/02-083 Nelson, Paul (2001-12-02), Response and Proposal for Khmer Encoding
L2/02-100 Chea, Sok Huor; Lao, Kim Leang; Harada, Shiro; Klein, Norbert (2002-02-13), Proposal to add missing Khmer characters
L2/02-070 Moore, Lisa (2002-08-26), "Consensus 90-C23", Minutes for UTC #90
L2/16-163 Pournader, Roozbeh (2015-05-12), Additions to Indic Syllabic Category for Myanmar and Khmer
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
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