U+A008 "ꀈ" Yi Syllable At Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꀈ
U+A008 "ꀈ" Yi Syllable At is a symbol from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi ethnic minority primarily in southwestern China. This character is part of the standardized Yi syllabary, which was created in the 1970s to unify and modernize the traditional Yi writing system, known as Cuan Wen. The syllable "At" corresponds to a specific phonetic value in the Yi language, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text processing, including on modern computers and mobile devices, can accurately represent and preserve this important cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A008 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable At |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꀈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꀈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x80 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA008 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A008 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua008 |