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 |