U+16F21 "𖼡" Miao Letter Qa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖼡
U+16F21 "𖼡" Miao Letter Qa is a glyph from the Miao script, specifically assigned to represent the sound "qa" in the Pollard Miao alphabet used historically for writing several Hmongic languages. This character belongs to the Miao Unicode block, which was added to support the Pollard script, a writing system developed by missionaries in the early 20th century for transcribing Miao dialects. The letter "qa" functions as a consonant sign, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent a significant part of Miao linguistic heritage, enabling modern communication and documentation for speakers and scholars alike.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F21 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Letter Qa |
| Block | Miao |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖼡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖼡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBC 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F21 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf21 |