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] (PDF)
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U+16F0x𖼀𖼁𖼂𖼃𖼄𖼅𖼆𖼇𖼈𖼉𖼊𖼋𖼌𖼍𖼎𖼏
U+16F1x𖼐𖼑𖼒𖼓𖼔𖼕𖼖𖼗𖼘𖼙𖼚𖼛𖼜𖼝𖼞𖼟
U+16F2x𖼠𖼡𖼢𖼣𖼤𖼥𖼦𖼧𖼨𖼩𖼪𖼫𖼬𖼭𖼮𖼯
U+16F3x𖼰𖼱𖼲𖼳𖼴𖼵𖼶𖼷𖼸𖼹𖼺𖼻𖼼𖼽𖼾𖼿
U+16F4x𖽀𖽁𖽂𖽃𖽄𖽅𖽆𖽇𖽈𖽉𖽊𖽏
U+16F5x𖽐𖽑𖽒𖽓𖽔𖽕𖽖𖽗𖽘𖽙𖽚𖽛𖽜𖽝𖽞𖽟
U+16F6x𖽠𖽡𖽢𖽣𖽤𖽥𖽦𖽧𖽨𖽩𖽪𖽫𖽬𖽭𖽮𖽯
U+16F7x𖽰𖽱𖽲𖽳𖽴𖽵𖽶𖽷𖽸𖽹𖽺𖽻𖽼𖽽𖽾𖽿
U+16F8x𖾀𖾁𖾂𖾃𖾄𖾅𖾆𖾇𖾏
U+16F9x𖾐𖾑𖾒𖾓𖾔𖾕𖾖𖾗𖾘𖾙𖾚𖾛𖾜𖾝𖾞𖾟
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 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:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
6.1U+16F00..16F0B, 16F0D..16F11, 16F13..16F30, 16F32..16F44, 16F50..16F55, 16F57..16F5A, 16F5C..16F7E, 16F8F..16F9F128Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), Proposal to add Pollard to ISO/IEC 10646
N1574Proposal to add Pollard Syllabary, 1997-06-10
L2/97-288Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.2", Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.31", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
Preliminary proposal for encoding the Northeastern Yunnan Simple Miao script, 2007-09-14
Anderson, Deborah (2007-10-10), Feedback on L2/07-299 Preliminary Proposal for Northeastern Yunnan Simple Miao (WG2 N3335)
Fickle, Erich (2009-10-01), Proposal for encoding the Miao Script
Miao Ad-Hoc Meeting Report, 2009-10-28
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2010-04-13), "M55.29", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 55, Tokyo 2009-10-26/30
Everson, Michael; et al. (2010-01-28), Towards a proposal for encoding Miao script in the SMP of the UCS
Final proposal for encoding the Miao script in the SMP of the UCS, 2010-03-26
Moore, Lisa (2010-05-19), "Consensus 123-C10, 123-C16", UTC #123 / L2 #220 Minutes
, )"M56.10", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting no. 56, 2010-09-24
Chan, Eiso (2018-11-09), Annotation modifications for Miao block
Moore, Lisa (2019-02-08), "C.11", UTC #158 Minutes
U+16F0C, 16F12, 16F31, 16F56, 16F5B5Everson, Michael; Fickle, Erich (2010-08-08), Proposal for encoding additional Miao characters in the SMP
Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "C.28", UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes
, )"M57.11", Unconfirmed minutes of WG2 meeting 57, 2011-03-31
12.0U+16F45..16F4A, 16F4F, 16F7F..16F8716Cheuk, Adrian (2017-10-03), Additions to the Miao Script
, )"M66.13", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 66, 2018-03-23
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; Pournader, Roozbeh; Moore, Lisa; Liang, Hai (2017-10-22), "11. Miao", Recommendations to UTC #153 October 2017 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2018-02-02), "Consensus 153-C18 and 153-C23", UTC #153 Minutes