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 |