U+16B1D "𖬝" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Ntsau Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16B1D "𖬝" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Ntsau is a component of the Pahawh Hmong script, which was invented in the mid-20th century by Shong Lue Yang for writing the Hmong language, and it represents a consonant sound similar to "nts" as pronounced in English, with the syllable-final tone marker integrated into its design. This script is notable for its unique, indigenous origin and its use of a two-level tonal system, where each character can carry one of eight tones depending on diacritics. The glyph itself consists of a curving, angular shape typical of Pahawh Hmong's distinctive visual style, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Supplementary Multilingual Plane to support the digital preservation of this culturally significant writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+16B1D
Version Added 7.0
Name Pahawh Hmong Consonant Ntsau
Block Pahawh Hmong
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖬝
HTML Hex Encoding 𖬝
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0x9D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDF1D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016B1D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udf1d

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Pahawh Hmong
Script Extensions Pahawh Hmong
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter