U+16B80 "𖮀" Pahawh Hmong Clan Sign Lauj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖮀
U+16B80 "𖮀" Pahawh Hmong Clan Sign Lauj is a distinctive glyph within the Pahawh Hmong script, a writing system invented in the 20th century for the Hmong language. This specific character represents the clan sign for the Lauj clan, which in English is often rendered as "Lee" or "Ly," one of the major Hmong clans. It belongs to the Pahawh Hmong block of Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2022 to preserve and support the unique linguistic and cultural heritage of the Hmong people. The character functions as a logogram, directly signifying the clan name rather than encoding a phonetic sound, making it a culturally significant symbol within Hmong onomastics.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B80 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Clan Sign Lauj |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖮀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖮀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAE 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B80 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf80 |