U+16F25 "ð–¼¥" Miao Letter Archaic Nga Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¼¥

U+16F25 "ð–¼¥" Miao Letter Archaic Nga is part of the Miao script, also known as Pollard script, which was historically used to write various Hmong-Mien languages in China and Southeast Asia. This specific character represents an archaic form of the consonant "nga," corresponding to the velar nasal sound /Å‹/, and is categorized as such within the Miao block of Unicode, having been encoded in version 6.1 of the standard in 2012. Unlike the standard Miao letter for nga, this archaic variant reflects older orthographic conventions or distinct regional traditions within the Pollard script system, preserving a historical phonetic distinction that is not always present in modern usage. Its inclusion in Unicode aids in the digital preservation and accurate representation of historical Miao texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+16F25
Version Added 6.1
Name Miao Letter Archaic Nga
Block Miao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖼥
HTML Hex Encoding 𖼥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xBC 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDF25
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016F25
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udf25

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 Miao
Script Extensions Miao
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