U+16B6E "ð–­®" Pahawh Hmong Sign Meej Tseeb Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+16B6E "ð–­®" Pahawh Hmong Sign Meej Tseeb is a diacritical mark used in the Pahawh Hmong script, an indigenous writing system created in the 20th century for the Hmong language. This sign, whose name "Meej Tseeb" translates to "true mark" or "truth indicator" in English, is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, specifically indicating a particular tonal quality or phonetic nuance essential for correct Hmong speech. As part of the limited but culturally significant Pahawh Hmong Unicode block, this character helps preserve and digitize a script that holds deep religious and identity value for Hmong communities, allowing for accurate digital representation of their written traditions despite the script's relative obscurity outside specialized linguistic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+16B6E
Version Added 7.0
Name Pahawh Hmong Sign Meej Tseeb
Block Pahawh Hmong
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖭮
HTML Hex Encoding 𖭮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xAD 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81A 0xDF6E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016B6E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81a\udf6e

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 Alphabetic
Script Pahawh Hmong
Script Extensions Pahawh Hmong
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter