U+16FF0 "ð–¿°" Vietnamese Alternate Reading Mark Ca Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ð–¿°

U+16FF0 "ð–¿°" Vietnamese Alternate Reading Mark Ca is a specialized diacritical mark used in the historical Nôm script to indicate that a character should be read with an alternate pronunciation, specifically in the context of Vietnamese Nôm literature. It belongs to the Nôm diacritics block and is encoded for the digital representation of old texts where this mark, placed above or near a character, signals a reading that diverges from the standard or more common phonetic interpretation. This character plays a crucial role in preserving the accurate interpretation of classical Vietnamese texts, aiding scholars in understanding the nuances of historical phonology and orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+16FF0
Version Added 13.0
Name Vietnamese Alternate Reading Mark Ca
Block Ideographic Symbols and Punctuation
General Category Spacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Han Reading
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𖿰
HTML Hex Encoding 𖿰
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x96 0xBF 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD81B 0xDFF0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00016FF0
C/C++/Java Escape \ud81b\udff0

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Combining Mark
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Extend Yes
Other Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend