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: [1][2]

Khmer is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Khmer (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 15.1
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
L2/97-255RAliprand, Joan (1997-12-03), "Khmer [L2/194]", Approved Minutes – UTC #73 & L2 #170 joint meeting, Palo Alto, CA – August 4-5, 1997
L2/98-039Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-02-24), "3.A.2. Khmer", Preliminary Minutes - UTC #74 & L2 #171, Mountain View, CA - December 5, 1997
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 cover sheet
N1825.1Paterson, Bruce (1998-05-11), PDAM25 - Khmer full text
L2/98-158Aliprand, Joan; Winkler, Arnold (1998-05-26), "Khmer", Draft Minutes – UTC #76 & NCITS Subgroup L2 #173 joint meeting, Tredyffrin, Pennsylvania, April 20-22, 1998
L2/98-286N1703Umamaheswaran, V. S.; Ksar, Mike (1998-07-02), "8.17", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting #34, Redmond, WA, USA; 1998-03-16--20
L2/98-359N1856Sato, T. K. (1998-08-21), Addition of Rial sign on ISO/IEC 10646-1
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
N1911Paterson, Bruce; Everson, Michael (1998-10-23), Text of FPDAM 25 - Khmer - SC2 N3201
L2/99-010N1903 (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
L2/99-128Paterson, Bruce (1999-04-14), Text for FDAM ballot ISO/IEC 10646 FDAM #25 - Khmer
L2/99-232N2003Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1999-08-03), "6.2.8 FPDAM25 – Khmer script", Minutes of WG 2 meeting 36, Fukuoka, Japan, 1999-03-09--15
L2/00-009N2149Sato, 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
L2/00-234N2203 (rtf, txt)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2000-07-21), "8.1", Minutes from the SC2/WG2 meeting in Beijing, 2000-03-21 -- 24
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
L2/02-154N2403Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "5.1", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
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
N2459RRevised Cambodian stance regarding Khmer code table in Unicode, 2002-05-20
L2/02-166R2Moore, 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.
L2/02-070Moore, Lisa (2002-08-26), "Consensus 90-C1, Consensus 90-C2, and Motion 90-M9", Minutes for UTC #90
L2/03-430Davis, Mark (2003-11-10), Problem with Khmer / ZWJ / ZWNJ
N2956Freytag, Asmus (2005-08-12), "Representative glyphs for U+17D2 and U+10A3F", Unicode Consortium Liaison Report for WG2 Meeting #47
L2/05-180Moore, 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
L2/08-287Davis, Mark (2008-08-04), Public Review Issue #122: Proposal for Additional Deprecated Characters
L2/08-253R2Moore, 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
L2/09-234N3603 (pdf, doc)Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2009-07-08), "M54.13h", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 54
L2/10-416RMoore, Lisa (2010-11-09), "Properties of Two Khmer Characters (B.10.3) [U+17B4 and U+17B5]", UTC #125 / L2 #222 Minutes
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
L2/02-070Moore, Lisa (2002-08-26), "Consensus 90-C23", Minutes for UTC #90
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

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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