U+16F96 "ð–¾–" Miao Letter Tone-5 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð–¾–
U+16F96 "ð–¾–" Miao Letter Tone-5 is a specific tonal mark used in the Miao written language, primarily employed to denote the fifth distinct tone in certain dialects of the Miao script family, such as the Pollard Miao orthography. This character is part of the Miao Unicode block, which was added to support the phonetic and tonal complexity of the language, allowing for precise representation of intonation patterns that change word meaning. As a tone marker, it is written as a diacritic or standalone letter depending on the writing system's conventions, contributing to the accurate transcription and preservation of the Miao linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F96 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Letter Tone-5 |
| Block | Miao |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖾖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖾖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBE 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf96 |