U+16B2B "𖬫" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Nthau Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+16B2B "𖬫" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Nthau is a specific glyph from the Pahawh Hmong script, which was invented in the mid-20th century by Shong Lue Yang to write the Hmong language. This particular character represents the consonant sound "nth" as in the word "nthau," which is one of many consonants in the syllabic writing system designed to capture the tones and phonetics of Hmong speech. The Pahawh Hmong script is structurally unique among scripts as it is an abugida that arranges consonants and vowels in a left-to-right direction with diacritical marks for tones, but unlike many scripts, it writes vowels after the consonant in a manner that reflects the spoken syllable. As part of the Unicode standard, this character helps preserve and digitize the Hmong writing system for modern use in electronic texts and communication.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𖬫 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𖬫 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD81A 0xDF2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00016B2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud81a\udf2b |
Unicode Properties