U+16F65 "ð–½¥" Miao Vowel Sign Io Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–½¥

U+16F65 "ð–½¥" Miao Vowel Sign Io is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script, also known as Pollard Miao, to indicate a specific vowel sound within the writing system. This character is designed to be placed above or attached to a consonant letter in order to modify its pronunciation, representing the vowel "io" in various Miao languages. It is part of a larger set of vowel signs that enable the accurate phonetic transcription of the language, which was originally developed by missionaries in the early 20th century for the Miao ethnic groups in China.

General Properties

Code Point U+16F65
Version Added 6.1
Name Miao Vowel Sign Io
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 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDF65
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016F65
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udf65

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