ឬ

Independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel ऋ (ṛ) / पॄ (pṝ)


ស

km-letter

ស, ្ស • (sɑɑ)

ស (canonical)
្ស (canonical)
sɑɑ (romanization)

the thirtieth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ឮ

independent vowel representing the Sanskrit vowel ॡ


ក

ក, ្ក • (kɑɑ)

ក (canonical)
្ក (canonical)
kɑɑ (romanization)

Descended from Brahmi script 𑀓. Compare Balinese ᬓ, Bengali ক, Buginese ᨕ, Burmese က, Devanagari क, Gujarati ક, Gurmukhi ਕ, Javanese ꦏ, Kannada ಕ, Lao ກ, Malayalam ക, Odia କ, Sinhala ක, Sundanese ᮊ, Tamil க, Telugu క, Thai ก, Tibetan ཀ.


ខ

ខ, ្ខ • (khɑɑ)

ខ (canonical)
្ខ (canonical)
khɑɑ (romanization)


គ

គ, ្គ • (kɔɔ)

គ (canonical)
្គ (canonical)
kɔɔ (romanization)


ឃ

ឃ, ្ឃ • (khɔɔ)

ឃ (canonical)
្ឃ (canonical)
khɔɔ (romanization)


ង

ង, ្ង • (ngɔɔ)

ង (canonical)
្ង (canonical)
ngɔɔ (romanization)


ច

ច, ្ច • (cɑɑ)

ច (canonical)
្ច (canonical)
cɑɑ (romanization)


ឆ

ឆ, ្ឆ • (chɑɑ)

ឆ (canonical)
្ឆ (canonical)
chɑɑ (romanization)

seventh letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ជ

ជ, ្ជ • (cɔɔ)

ជ (canonical)
្ជ (canonical)
cɔɔ (romanization)


ឈ

ឈ, ្ឈ • (chɔɔ)

ឈ (canonical)
្ឈ (canonical)
chɔɔ (romanization)


ញ

ញ, ្ញ • (ñɔɔ)

ញ (canonical)
្ញ (canonical)
ñɔɔ (romanization)


ដ

ដ, ្ដ • (dɑɑ)

ដ (canonical)
្ដ (canonical)
dɑɑ (romanization)

eleventh letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ឋ

ឋ, ្ឋ • (thɑɑ)

ឋ (canonical)
្ឋ (canonical)
thɑɑ (romanization)

twelfth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ឌ

ឌ, ្ឌ • (dɔɔ)

ឌ (canonical)
្ឌ (canonical)
dɔɔ (romanization)

thirteenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ឍ

ឍ, ្ឍ • (thɔɔ)

ឍ (canonical)
្ឍ (canonical)
thɔɔ (romanization)

fourteenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ណ

ណ, ្ណ • (nɑɑ)

ណ (canonical)
្ណ (canonical)
nɑɑ (romanization)

fifteenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ត

ត, ្ត • (tɑɑ)

ត (canonical)
្ត (canonical)
tɑɑ (romanization)

sixteenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ថ

ថ, ្ថ • (thɑɑ)

ថ (canonical)
្ថ (canonical)
thɑɑ (romanization)

seventeenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ទ

ទ, ្ទ • (tɔɔ)

ទ (canonical)
្ទ (canonical)
tɔɔ (romanization)

eighteenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ធ

ធ, ្ធ • (thɔɔ)

ធ (canonical)
្ធ (canonical)
thɔɔ (romanization)

nineteenth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ន

ន, ្ន • (nɔɔ)

ន (canonical)
្ន (canonical)
nɔɔ (romanization)

twentieth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ប

ប, ្ប • (bɑɑ)

ប (canonical)
្ប (canonical)
bɑɑ (romanization)

twenty-first letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ផ

ផ, ្ផ • (phɑɑ)

ផ (canonical)
្ផ (canonical)
phɑɑ (romanization)

twenty-second letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ព

ព, ្ព • (pɔɔ)

ព (canonical)
្ព (canonical)
pɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-third letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ភ

ភ, ្ភ • (phɔɔ)

ភ (canonical)
្ភ (canonical)
phɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-fourth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ម

ម, ្ម • (mɔɔ)

ម (canonical)
្ម (canonical)
mɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-fifth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


យ

យ, ្យ • (yɔɔ)

យ (canonical)
្យ (canonical)
yɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-sixth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


រ

រ, ្រ • (rɔɔ)

រ (canonical)
្រ (canonical)
rɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-seventh letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ល

ល, ្ល • (lɔɔ)

ល (canonical)
្ល (canonical)
lɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-eighth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


វ

វ, ្វ • (vɔɔ)

វ (canonical)
្វ (canonical)
vɔɔ (romanization)

twenty-ninth letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ឝ

ឝ, ្ឝ • (shâ)

ឝ (canonical)
្ឝ (canonical)
shâ (romanization)

an obsolete letter of the Cambodian alphabet, representing the Sanskrit letter श (śa)


ឞ

ឞ, ្ឞ • (ssô)

ឞ (canonical)
្ឞ (canonical)
ssô (romanization)

an obsolete letter of the Cambodian alphabet, representing the Sanskrit letter ष (ṣa)


ហ

ហ, ្ហ • (hɑɑ)

ហ (canonical)
្ហ (canonical)
hɑɑ (romanization)

the thirty-first letter of the Cambodian alphabet


ឡ

ឡ, ្ឡ • (lɑɑ)

ឡ (canonical)
្ឡ (canonical)
lɑɑ (romanization)

the thirty-second letter of the Cambodian alphabet


អ

អ, ្អ • (ʼɑɑ)

អ (canonical)
្អ (canonical)
ʼɑɑ (romanization)

the thirty-third and last letter of the Cambodian alphabet

the independent deprecated vowel អ, which is visually identical to the consonant អ (ʼɑɑ).


ឣ

Deprecated independent vowel, no longer used. Use អ (ʼɑɑ) instead.


កាកបាទ កាកបាទ#Khmer

The crow's foot or kakabat, used in writing to indicate the rising intonation of an exclamation or interjection; often placed on particles such as ណា៎ (naa), ហ្ន៎ (nɑɑ), នែ៎ (nɛɛ), and the feminine response ចាស៎ (caah). See also កាកបាទ (kakkɑbaat).


ទណ្ឌឃាដ ទណ្ឌឃាដ#Khmer

The killer, which suppresses—or kills—the letter over which it is written, causing it to be silent. See also ទណ្ឌឃាដ (tŏəndĕəʼkhiət).


ផ្សំ

និគ្គហិត និគ្គហិត#Khmer

The anusvara, which nasalizes the inherent vowels and some of the dependent vowels), the sign used to represent a syllable-final 'm.' See also និគ្គហិត (nikkea’het).


រះមុខ រះមុខ#Khmer

The visarga, which represents a syllable-final [h] sound. See also រះមុខ (rĕəh muk).


យុគលពិន្ទុ យុគលពិន្ទុ#Khmer

The "two dots", which represents the inherent vowel plus glottal stop /a’/ (after A-series consonants) or /ea’/ plus glottal stop (after O-series consonants) in words borrowed from Sanskrit and Pali. See also យុគលពិន្ទុ (yukŭəl pintuʼ).


មូសិកទន្ត មូសិកទន្ត#Khmer

The "conversion", which is written above an O-series consonant (ង, ញ, ម, យ, រ, វ) which converts it to the A-series. It is also used with ប (bɑɑ) to convert it to ប៉ (pɑɑ). See also មូសិកទន្ត (muusekaʼtŏən).


ត្រីសព្ទ ត្រីសព្ទ#Khmer

The "conversion", which is written above an A-series consonant (ប, ស, ហ, អ) which converts it to the O-series. See also ត្រីសព្ទ (trəysap).


The dependent vowel [o] (a-series), [u] (o-series).

ត្រីសព្ទ ត្រីសព្ទ

មូសិកទន្ត មូសិកទន្ត

The "conversion", which is a vertical mark written under a consonant, used in place of the diacritics ត្រីសព្ទ (◌៊) and មូសិកទន្ត (◌៉) if they clash with superscript vowels. It is identical to the dependent vowel ុ ([o], [u])


បន្តក់ បន្តក់#Khmer

A small vertical mark written above the final consonant of a syllable, indicating shortening (and corresponding change in quality) of certain vowels. See also បន្តក់ (bɑɑbɑntɑk).


របាទ របាទ#Khmer

A diacritical mark which indicates an orthographic ‘r’ (repha) in some words borrowed from Sanskrit (in Devanagari, repha appears as the eyelash mark above र्क, or rka). It originally represented an /r/ sound that preceded the base consonant, but in Khmer, in most cases, the consonant above which it appears, and the diacritic itself, are not pronounced. See also របាទ (rɔɔrɔbaat).


អស្តា អស្តា#Khmer

The "number eight", which used to specify that a consonant is to be pronounced with its inherent vowel, rather than as a final consonant (in some cases where this might be ambiguous). Usually placed on ក, ដ, ហ and ន. See also អស្តា (ʼahsdaa).


វិរាម វិរាម#Khmer

The virama, which is now mostly obsolete. It is used in Sanskrit words to suppress the inherent vowel of a letter. See also វិរាម (viriəm).


សំយោគសញ្ញា សំយោគសញ្ញា#Khmer

The sanhyoŭk sannha, which is used in some Sanskrit and Pali loanwords (although alternative spellings usually exist); it is written above a consonant to represent the vowels /a/, /oa/, /ɔə/, /ea/. When it occurs with O-series consonants and a following យ, it is pronounced /e/. See also សំយោគសញ្ញា (sangyook saññaa).


ឤ

Deprecated independent vowel, no longer used. Now អ (ʼɑɑ) + ា (ា), or អា (ʼaa), is used instead.


The dependent vowel [aː] (a-series), [iə] (o-series).


The dependent vowel [ə] (a-series), [ɨ] (o-series).


The dependent vowel [əi] (a-series), [iː] (o-series).