U+1E11E "𞄞" Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Letter Npla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞄞
U+1E11E "𞄞" Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Letter Npla is a specific glyph within the Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong script, which was designed in the late 20th century by Reverend Cher Xiong Yang to write the Hmong language in a distinctive, non Latin based alphabet. This letter represents the sound "npla" and is part of a syllabary system that includes over 50 characters, each corresponding to a consonant vowel combination or a standalone vowel. The script is used primarily by the Hmong diaspora in communities such as the United States, Laos, and Thailand, reflecting efforts to preserve and standardize Hmong linguistic identity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E11E |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Letter Npla |
| Block | Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𞄞 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𞄞 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9E 0x84 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD838 0xDD1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E11E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud838\udd1e |
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 |