U+16B15 "𖬕" Pahawh Hmong Vowel Kiav Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖬕
U+16B15 "𖬕" Pahawh Hmong Vowel Kiav is a specific glyph from the Pahawh Hmong script, an abugida invented in 1959 by Shong Lue Yang for writing the Hmong language. This character represents the vowel sound "kiav," which is one of the many vocalic components used in the script to form syllables. Pahawh Hmong is unique among writing systems for its creation by a semi-literate farmer and for its deliberate avoidance of tonal markings, instead relying on consonant-vowel pairings. The inclusion of this character in Unicode allows for its digital representation, preserving and facilitating the use of this culturally significant script in modern technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B15 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Vowel Kiav |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖬕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖬕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF15 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B15 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf15 |