U+16F6A "𖽪" Miao Vowel Sign U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖽪
U+16F6A "𖽪" Miao Vowel Sign U is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script, specifically within the Pollard Miao orthography, to represent a distinct vowel sound. This character is part of the Miao block in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane and is applied to a base consonant letter to modify its pronunciation, indicating a close back rounded vowel sound similar to the English "oo" in "boot." It is written as a small curved stroke or hook placed above or adjacent to the main character, serving as an essential component for accurately transcribing the tonal and phonetic nuances of the Miao language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F6A |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Vowel Sign U |
| 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 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF6A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F6A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf6a |