U+16B1E "𖬞" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Lau Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖬞
U+16B1E "𖬞" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Lau is a specific glyph from the Pahawh Hmong script, an indigenous writing system invented in 1959 by Shong Lue Yang for the Hmong language. This character represents the consonant sound "lau," and it belongs to the set of consonants that form the foundational building blocks of the script, which is designed to write the Hmong Daw and Hmong Njua dialects primarily spoken in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and by Hmong diaspora communities. The symbol itself is visually distinctive, featuring a rounded or looped shape typical of Pahawh Hmong consonants, and its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that Hmong speakers can digitally preserve and transmit their language across modern platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B1E |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Consonant Lau |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖬞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖬞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf1e |