U+1E11A "𞄚" Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Letter Pa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E11A "𞄚" Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Letter Pa is a distinct symbol representing the consonant sound "P" in the Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong script, which was created in the 20th century by Reverend Chervang Kong to write the Hmong language. This character is part of a Unicode block introduced in version 12.0 to support the modern liturgical and educational use of the script among Hmong communities. It visually resembles a curved or angled form typical of the alphabet's design, enabling accurate transcription of Hmong phonetics, particularly for words where the "P" sound occurs. By including this letter, Unicode helps preserve and digitize a writing system that is vital for religious texts, language learning, and cultural identity for Hmong speakers worldwide.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E11A
Version Added 12.0
Name Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Letter Pa
Block Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞄚
HTML Hex Encoding 𞄚
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x84 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDD1A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E11A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udd1a

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 Alphabetic
Script Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
Script Extensions Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter