U+16F55 "𖽕" Miao Vowel Sign Aa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𖽕

U+16F55 "𖽕" Miao Vowel Sign Aa is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script, specifically within the Pollard Miao orthography, to represent the vowel sound "aa." It is part of the Miao block in Unicode, which encodes characters for writing various Miao languages such as Hmong and A-Hmao. This sign is placed above or adjacent to a consonant character to modify its pronunciation, playing a key role in accurately representing the phonological system of these languages. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the Miao writing system, enabling modern text processing and communication for Miao-speaking communities.

General Properties

Code Point U+16F55
Version Added 6.1
Name Miao Vowel Sign Aa
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 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDF55
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016F55
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udf55

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 Combining Mark
Script Miao
Script Extensions Miao
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Spacing Mark
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend