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Pahawh Hmong

Hmng Left-to-right Living Syllabary American

Sample Characters

𖬀 𖬁 𖬂 𖬃 𖬄 𖬅 𖬆 𖬇 𖬈 𖬉 𖬊 𖬋 𖬌 𖬍 𖬎 𖬏 𖬐 𖬑 𖬒 𖬓 𖬔 𖬕 𖬖 𖬗 𖬘 𖬙 𖬚 𖬛 𖬜 𖬝 𖬞 𖬟 𖬠 𖬡 𖬢 𖬣 𖬤 𖬥 𖬦 𖬧 𖬨 𖬩 𖬪 𖬫 𖬬 𖬭 𖬮 𖬯

First 48 characters from Pahawh Hmong (U+16B00–U+16B8F)

About Pahawh Hmong

Pahawh Hmong is a Living writing system from the American region. It reads Left-to-right and contains 127 characters in the Unicode standard. It is registered in the ISO 15924 standard under the code Hmng.

Data sourced from the ISO 15924 registry, Unicode CLDR, and the Unicode Character Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What type of writing system is Pahawh Hmong?
Pahawh Hmong is a Syllabary. Syllabaries assign one symbol per syllable rather than per sound.
What direction does Pahawh Hmong read?
Pahawh Hmong is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European scripts.
How many languages use the Pahawh Hmong script?
0 languages use Pahawh Hmong according to Unicode CLDR data.
When was the Pahawh Hmong script created?
The Pahawh Hmong script originated around 1959 CE.

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Key Facts

ISO Code
Hmng
ISO Number
450
Script Type
Syllabary
Direction
Left-to-right
Status
Living
Region
American
Characters
127
Introduced
1959 CE
Languages
0

Unicode Ranges

  • Pahawh Hmong
    U+16B00–U+16B8F

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