U+16F73 "ð–½³" Miao Vowel Sign Ae Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–½³
U+16F73 "ð–½³" Miao Vowel Sign Ae is a combining diacritical mark used in the Pollard Miao script, which was developed in the early 20th century to write the Hmong and other Miao languages. This specific sign is placed above a base consonant character to indicate the vowel sound "ae" in the Miao syllabary, altering the pronunciation of the syllable. As part of the Miao block in Unicode, it supports the preservation and digital representation of this writing system, which features a unique combination of Roman and invented letterforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F73 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Vowel Sign Ae |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF73 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F73 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf73 |