Khmer (Unicode block)

Khmer
Range U+1780..U+17FF
(128 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Khmer
Major alphabets Cambodian
Assigned 114 code points
Unused 14 reserved code points
2 deprecated
Unicode version history
3.0 103 (+103)
4.0 114 (+11)
Note: [1][2]

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

Block

Khmer[1][2][3]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
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 11.0
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:

VersionFinal code points[lower-alpha 1]CountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
3.0U+1780..17DC, 17E0..17E9103L2/97-040N1524Everson, Michael (1997-01-22), Proposal for encoding the Khmer script in ISO 10646
L2/97-194Bauhahn, Maurice (1997-07-30), Proposal for Encoding of the Khmer Script
L2/98-101N1729Ad-hoc report on Burmese and Khmer, 1998-03-18
L2/98-175N1779Text for PDAM registration and consideration ballot for ISO 10646-1 Amendment 25 - Khmer, 1998-05-11
N1825Paterson, Bruce (1998-05-11), PDAM25 - Khmer full text
L2/98-324N1901ISO/IEC 10646-1/FPDAM 25, AMENDMENT 25: Khmer, 1998-10-23
L2/98-341Disposition of comments report on SC2 N3105, ISO 10646 Amd. 25: Khmer, 1998-10-23
L2/99-128Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #25 - Khmer
(to be determined)
L2/00-009N2149Sato, T. K. (2000-01-05), Khmer Up-Date
L2/00-056N2164Sato, T. K. (2000-02-23), AMD-25 (Khmer) correction request
L2/00-109Suignard, Michel (2000-04-06), Corrections to Khmer character tables in 10646 and Unicode
L2/00-338N2274Working Draft of Tables & Character Names for Editorial correction to Khmer for 10646-1:2000, 2000-09-19
L2/01-307Whistler, Ken (2001-08-06), Serious bug in Khmer, Myanmar combining classes
L2/01-308Hosken, Martin; Whistler, Ken (2001-08-08), Serious bug in Khmer, Myanmar combining classes
L2/01-310McGowan, Rick; Whistler, Ken (2001-08-12), Khmer issues on the Horizon
L2/01-372N2380Cambodian official objection to the existing Khmer block in UCS, 2001-10-08
L2/01-382N2385Bauhahn, Maurice; Everson, Michael (2001-10-11), Response to Cambodian official objection to Khmer block (N2380)
L2/01-421N2380RCambodian official objection to the existing Khmer block in UCS, 2001-10-14
L2/01-394Phu, Leewood (2001-10-17), Letter from Cambodia to JTC 1 Chairman Regarding Khmer Character Encoding in ISO/IEC 10646
L2/01-443N2406Response to WG2 Document N2385, 2001-10-11, 2001-11-04
L2/01-476Karlsson, Kent (2001-12-19), Ordering rules for Khmer
L2/02-016Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for repetition marks
L2/02-017Whistler, Ken (2002-01-14), Character Properties for avagrahas, etc.
L2/02-073Davis, Mark (2002-02-08), Cambodian
L2/02-097Chea, Sok Huor; Lao, Kim Leang; Harada, Shiro; Klein, Norbert (2002-02-13), Proposal to deprecate Khmer characters
L2/02-131N2412Everson, Michael (2002-03-31), On the suitability of the COENG encoding model for Khmer
L2/02-196N2458Harada, Shiro (2002-05-03), On the Unsuitability of "COENG encoding model" for Khmer
L2/02-211N2459Cambodian stance regarding Khmer code table in Unicode 3.2, 2002-05-14
L2/03-430Davis, Mark (2003-11-10), Problem with Khmer / ZWJ / ZWNJ
4.0U+17DD, 17F0..17F911L2/02-083Nelson, Paul (2001-12-02), Response and Proposal for Khmer Encoding
L2/02-100Chea, Sok Huor; Lao, Kim Leang; Harada, Shiro; Klein, Norbert (2002-02-13), Proposal to add missing Khmer characters
L2/16-163Pournader, 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

See also

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
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