Miao (Unicode block)

Miao
Range	U+16F00..U+16F9F (160 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Miao
Major alphabets	A-Hmao Hmong Daw
Assigned	149 code points
Unused	11 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.

Block

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
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.