U+16F91 "𖾑" Miao Tone Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖾑
U+16F91 "𖾑" Miao Tone Above is a combining diacritical mark used in the Miao script, which was developed for writing the Hmong and related languages. It is part of the Miao block of Unicode, which encodes the Pollard Miao writing system, a script created in the early 20th century by missionaries to represent the tones and sounds of the Miao language. This specific character is placed above a base consonant letter to indicate a particular tonal contour, helping to distinguish meaning between otherwise identical syllables.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F91 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Tone Above |
| Block | Miao |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖾑 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖾑 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBE 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF91 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F91 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf91 |