U+A008 "ꀈ" Yi Syllable At Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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