U+16B2D "ð–¬" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Au Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¬
U+16B2D "ð–¬" Pahawh Hmong Consonant Au is a character from the Pahawh Hmong script, an indigenous writing system invented by Shong Lue Yang in the mid-20th century for the Hmong language. This specific consonant represents the sound "au" and is used in the writing of Hmong, primarily spoken by communities in Laos, Vietnam, China, and the Hmong diaspora worldwide. The Pahawh Hmong script is notable for its unique appearance and its role in preserving Hmong cultural identity and oral traditions, having been encoded in the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital representation and modern communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B2D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Consonant Au |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖬭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖬭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf2d |