Miao (Unicode block)

Miao
RangeU+16F00..U+16F9F
(160 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsMiao
Major alphabetsA-Hmao
Hmong Daw
Assigned149 code points
Unused11 reserved code points
Unicode version history
6.1 (2012)133 (+133)
12.0 (2019)149 (+16)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Miao is a Unicode block containing characters of the Pollard script, used for writing the Hmong Daw and A-Hmao languages.

Miao[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+16F0x 𖼀 𖼁 𖼂 𖼃 𖼄 𖼅 𖼆 𖼇 𖼈 𖼉 𖼊 𖼋 𖼌 𖼍 𖼎 𖼏
U+16F1x 𖼐 𖼑 𖼒 𖼓 𖼔 𖼕 𖼖 𖼗 𖼘 𖼙 𖼚 𖼛 𖼜 𖼝 𖼞 𖼟
U+16F2x 𖼠 𖼡 𖼢 𖼣 𖼤 𖼥 𖼦 𖼧 𖼨 𖼩 𖼪 𖼫 𖼬 𖼭 𖼮 𖼯
U+16F3x 𖼰 𖼱 𖼲 𖼳 𖼴 𖼵 𖼶 𖼷 𖼸 𖼹 𖼺 𖼻 𖼼 𖼽 𖼾 𖼿
U+16F4x 𖽀 𖽁 𖽂 𖽃 𖽄 𖽅 𖽆 𖽇 𖽈 𖽉 𖽊  𖽏
U+16F5x 𖽐  𖽑  𖽒  𖽓  𖽔  𖽕  𖽖  𖽗  𖽘  𖽙  𖽚  𖽛  𖽜  𖽝  𖽞  𖽟
U+16F6x  𖽠  𖽡  𖽢  𖽣  𖽤  𖽥  𖽦  𖽧  𖽨  𖽩  𖽪  𖽫  𖽬  𖽭  𖽮  𖽯
U+16F7x  𖽰  𖽱  𖽲  𖽳  𖽴  𖽵  𖽶  𖽷  𖽸  𖽹  𖽺  𖽻  𖽼  𖽽  𖽾  𖽿
U+16F8x  𖾀  𖾁  𖾂  𖾃  𖾄  𖾅  𖾆  𖾇   𖾏 
U+16F9x   𖾐    𖾑    𖾒  𖾓 𖾔 𖾕 𖾖 𖾗 𖾘 𖾙 𖾚 𖾛 𖾜 𖾝 𖾞 𖾟
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miao block:

Version Final code points[a] Count L2 ID WG2 ID Document
6.1 U+16F00..16F0B, 16F0D..16F11, 16F13..16F30, 16F32..16F44, 16F50..16F55, 16F57..16F5A, 16F5C..16F7E, 16F8F..16F9F 128 L2/97-104 Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Proposal to add Pollard to ISO/IEC 10646
N1574 Proposal to add Pollard Syllabary, 1997-06-10
L2/97-288 N1603 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
N3353 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.31", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
L2/07-299 N3335 Preliminary proposal for encoding the Northeastern Yunnan Simple Miao script, 2007-09-14
L2/07-352 Anderson, Deborah (2007-10-10), Feedback on L2/07-299 Preliminary Proposal for Northeastern Yunnan Simple Miao (WG2 N3335)
L2/09-253R N3669R Fickle, Erich (2009-10-01), Proposal for encoding the Miao Script
L2/09-415 N3730 Miao Ad-Hoc Meeting Report, 2009-10-28
N3703 (pdf, doc) Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2010-04-13), "M55.29", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 55, Tokyo 2009-10-26/30
L2/10-049 N3761 Everson, Michael; et al. (2010-01-28), Towards a proposal for encoding Miao script in the SMP of the UCS
L2/10-093 N3789 Final proposal for encoding the Miao script in the SMP of the UCS, 2010-03-26
L2/10-108 Moore, Lisa (2010-05-19), "Consensus 123-C10, 123-C16", UTC #123 / L2 #220 Minutes
N3803 (pdf, doc) "M56.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 56, 2010-09-24
L2/18-326R Chan, Eiso (2018-11-09), Annotation modifications for Miao block
L2/19-008 Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "C.11", UTC #158 Minutes
U+16F0C, 16F12, 16F31, 16F56, 16F5B 5 L2/10-302 N3877 Everson, Michael; Fickle, Erich (2010-08-08), Proposal for encoding additional Miao characters in the SMP
L2/10-221 Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "C.28", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
N3903 (pdf, doc) "M57.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
12.0 U+16F45..16F4A, 16F4F, 16F7F..16F87 16 L2/17-345 N4845 Cheuk, Adrian (2017-10-03), Additions to the Miao Script
N4953 (pdf, doc) "M66.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
L2/17-384 Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-10-22), "11. Miao", Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals
L2/17-362 Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C18 and 153-C23", UTC #153 Minutes
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.