U+16F3F "𖼿" Miao Letter Archaic Zza Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖼿

U+16F3F "𖼿" Miao Letter Archaic Zza is a rare and historically significant glyph used in the Pollard script, an indigenous writing system developed in the early 20th century for the Miao (Hmong) languages of southern China and Southeast Asia. This particular character represents an archaic or obsolete sound designated as "Zza" that is no longer actively used in modern Miao orthography, serving as a linguistic artifact of earlier phonetic distinctions within the script. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard's Miao block ensures digital preservation and scholarly access to this historical letter, aiding research into the evolution of the Pollard script and the languages it was created to record.

General Properties

Code Point U+16F3F
Version Added 6.1
Name Miao Letter Archaic Zza
Block Miao
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖼿
HTML Hex Encoding 𖼿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xBC 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDF3F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016F3F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udf3f

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