Khmer (Unicode block)

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

Khmer
RangeU+1780..U+17FF
(128 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsKhmer
Major alphabetsCambodian
Assigned114 code points
Unused14 reserved code points
2 deprecated
Unicode version history
3.0103 (+103)
4.0114 (+11)
Note: [1][2]

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 13.0
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
L2/97-255RAliprand, 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
L2/98-324N1901ISO/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
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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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