U+16F9E "𖾞" Miao Letter Reformed Tone-6 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𖾞
U+16F9E "𖾞" Miao Letter Reformed Tone-6 is a specific glyph used in the Miao script, which was developed for writing the Hmong language and related dialects. This character represents a tonal marker indicating a reformed or adjusted tone value, specifically the sixth tone in certain orthographic reforms aimed at standardizing the writing system. It belongs to the Miao block of the Unicode standard, which was added to support the historical and modern usage of the Pollard Miao script, a writing system invented in the early 20th century by missionaries for transcribing Miao languages. The tone-6 marker helps distinguish meaning in a tonal language where pitch patterns are crucial for semantic clarity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+16F9E |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Miao Letter Reformed Tone-6 |
| Block | Miao |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𖾞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𖾞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x96 0xBE 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD81B 0xDF9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00016F9E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud81b\udf9e |