U+16F59 "ð–½™" Miao Vowel Sign O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–½™
U+16F59 "ð–½™" Miao Vowel Sign O is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script (specifically the Pollard Miao writing system) to represent a specific vowel sound. It is applied to base consonant characters to modify their pronunciation, forming the vowel 'o' in the Miao language. This character belongs to the Miao block of Unicode, which was added to support the liturgical and vernacular writing of various Miao (Hmong) dialects. As a combining mark, it typically appears above or adjacent to the consonant it modifies and is essential for accurately representing the phonology of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F59 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Vowel Sign O |
| 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F59 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf59 |