U+16F54 "ð–½”" Miao Vowel Sign A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–½”
U+16F54 "ð–½”" Miao Vowel Sign A is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script, specifically for writing the Hmong language and related linguistic systems. It represents the vowel sound /a/ and is placed above or attached to a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, functioning as an essential component in the orthography to distinguish meaning. This character is part of the Miao Unicode block, which was encoded to preserve and digitally support the traditional Pollard Miao script, a writing system developed by missionaries in the early 20th century for minority languages in China and Southeast Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F54 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Vowel Sign A |
| Block | Miao |
| General Category | Spacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖽔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖽔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBD 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F54 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf54 |