U+1AFF1 "𚿱" Katakana Letter Minnan Tone-3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𚿱
U+1AFF1 "𚿱" Katakana Letter Minnan Tone-3 is a specialized typographic symbol used in the phonetic transcription of the Southern Min language, commonly spoken in the Fujian region of China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. This character modifies standard katakana to indicate a specific tone, particularly the third tone, which is a mid dipping or low tone depending on the dialect. It was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Katakana Phonetic Extensions block to support accurate linguistic documentation and digital representation of Minnan pronunciation, helping researchers and learners distinguish tonal variations in written form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AFF1 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Katakana Letter Minnan Tone-3 |
| Block | Kana Extended-B |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𚿱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𚿱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9A 0xBF 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD82B 0xDFF1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001AFF1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud82b\udff1 |