U+16F70 "ð–½°" Miao Vowel Sign Ung Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–½°

U+16F70 "ð–½°" Miao Vowel Sign Ung is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script to modify a consonant's inherent vowel, specifically representing the vowel sound "ung" in the Pollard Miao orthography. This sign visually appears as a small hook or curl placed above or near a consonant letter and is part of the Miao block in Unicode, which was added to support the transcription of various Hmong and A-Hmao languages. As a vowel sign, it serves a crucial function in accurately representing the phonetic nuances of these tonal languages, enabling digital text to preserve the distinct vocalic endings that differentiate meaning.

General Properties

Code Point U+16F70
Version Added 6.1
Name Miao Vowel Sign Ung
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 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDF70
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016F70
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udf70

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