U+16B72 "ð–²" Pahawh Hmong Sign Cim Hais Lus Ntog Ntog Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–²
U+16B72 "ð–²" Pahawh Hmong Sign Cim Hais Lus Ntog Ntog is a tone marker used in the Pahawh Hmong script, an indigenous writing system developed for the Hmong language in the mid-20th century. This specific sign indicates a falling tone that gradually descends and then rises again, part of a complex tonal system central to Hmong phonology. It belongs to a set of diacritical marks that modify the pitch contour of syllables, allowing the script to represent the full range of tones that differentiate meaning in spoken Hmong. By encoding such a specific linguistic feature, this character helps preserve the authentic pronunciation and cultural heritage of the Hmong people in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B72 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Sign Cim Hais Lus Ntog Ntog |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖭲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖭲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAD 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B72 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf72 |