U+16F71 "ð–½±" Miao Vowel Sign Y Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–½±
U+16F71 "ð–½±" Miao Vowel Sign Y is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script, specifically within the Pollard Miao writing system, to indicate a modified vowel sound. It is placed above or attached to a base Miao consonant character to represent a distinct phonemic vowel quality in languages such as Hmong. This character is part of the Unicode block Miao, which was added to the standard in version 6.1 in 2012, facilitating the digital representation of this historically significant script developed by missionaries in the late 19th century.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F71 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Vowel Sign Y |
| 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 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F71 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf71 |