U+16B38 "𖬸" Pahawh Hmong Sign Vos Tshab Ceeb Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖬸
U+16B38 "𖬸" Pahawh Hmong Sign Vos Tshab Ceeb is a tonal mark used in the Pahawh Hmong script, a writing system invented by Shong Lue Yang in the mid-20th century for the Hmong language. This specific sign indicates the "vos tshab ceeb" tone, which is one of several tonal diacritics in the script that modify the pronunciation of syllables. Pahawh Hmong is a unique and culturally significant script, and this character helps preserve the tonal distinctions essential to Hmong speech, functioning as a critical component in accurately representing the language's phonology in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B38 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Sign Vos Tshab Ceeb |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖬸 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖬸 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAC 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF38 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B38 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf38 |
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 | Break After |
| Script | Pahawh Hmong |
| Script Extensions | Pahawh Hmong |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Sentence Terminal | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | STerm |