U+16B24 "𖬤" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Yau Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖬤
U+16B24 "𖬤" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Yau is part of the Pahawh Hmong script, a writing system created in the 20th century for the Hmong language. Specifically representing the consonant sound "Yau," this character belongs to the initial consonants used in the script's syllabic structure. Pahawh Hmong was invented by Shong Lue Yang to provide a native written form for the Hmong people, and its characters like this one are encoded in the Unicode standard to support digital text representation and preservation of the language. The script is written from left to right and features both consonants and vowel symbols, with this character playing a role in accurately transcribing spoken Hmong sounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B24 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Consonant Yau |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖬤 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖬤 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF24 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B24 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf24 |