U+16B8C "𖮌" Pahawh Hmong Clan Sign Yaj Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖮌
U+16B8C "𖮌" Pahawh Hmong Clan Sign Yaj is a unique glyph from the Pahawh Hmong script, a writing system created in the 20th century for the Hmong language, which is used to denote a specific clan or family lineage, specifically the Yaj clan, which corresponds to the common Hmong surname "Yang." This character is one of several clan signs that function as logographic symbols within the script, representing kinship and social identity rather than a phonetic sound, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support the digital preservation and typing of this indigenous script for modern communication and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16B8C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Pahawh Hmong Clan Sign Yaj |
| Block | Pahawh Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖮌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖮌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xAE 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81A 0xDF8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016B8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81a\udf8c |