U+A009 "ꀉ" Yi Syllable Ax Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꀉ
U+A009 "ꀉ" Yi Syllable Ax is a specific glyph from the Yi script, primarily used to write the Yi language spoken in parts of southwestern China. This particular syllable represents the sound "ax," where the final "x" denotes a specific tone, as the Yi script is a syllabary with distinct characters for each syllable-tone combination. Part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended block in Unicode, this character reflects the linguistic diversity encoded in modern digital standards, enabling proper representation and preservation of the Yi language in electronic texts and communications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A009 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ax |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꀉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꀉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x80 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA009 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A009 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua009 |