U+A038 "ꀸ" Yi Syllable Pit Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꀸ
U+A038 "ꀸ" Yi Syllable Pit is a specific symbol from the Yi script, an Afro-Asiatic syllabic writing system historically used by the Yi people of southwestern China. This character represents the syllable "pit" and belongs to the unified Yi syllable block of the Unicode standard, which was incorporated to preserve and digitally support the linguistic heritage of the Yi language. As a graphical unit, it is composed of particular calligraphic strokes that denote a distinct tonal and phonetic value, enabling accurate transcription and digital communication of the Yi language in modern computer systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A038 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Pit |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꀸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꀸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x80 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA038 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A038 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua038 |