U+A002 "ꀂ" Yi Syllable I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A002 "ꀂ" Yi Syllable I is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable in the modern Standard Yi language, also known as Nuosu, which is used primarily in the Sichuan province of China. This character belongs to the Yi Syllables block, a range of Unicode dedicated to encoding the 1,165 syllables of the modern Yi script, which was standardized in the 1970s and 1980s. The syllable "I" corresponds to a specific phonetic sound in the Nuosu language, where each character represents a distinct syllable with a particular tone, contributing to the written representation of this tonal language. As part of the Unicode standard, it enables digital text processing, storage, and exchange for Yi language speakers and scholars, preserving and promoting the linguistic heritage of the Yi ethnic group.

General Properties

Code Point U+A002
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable I
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꀂ
HTML Hex Encoding ꀂ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x80 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA002
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A002
C/C++/Java Escape \ua002

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 Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Yi
Script Extensions Yi
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter