U+A041 "ꁁ" Yi Syllable Pa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A041 "ꁁ" Yi Syllable Pa is part the Yi script, which is used to write the Yi languages spoken primarily by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China, with a significant community in Sichuan province. This particular character represents a specific syllable in the standardized Modern Yi syllabary, where it is pronounced as "pa" and carries a high flat tone, as indicated by its inclusion in the Liangshan Yi dialect's writing system. The Yi script was largely modernized in the 1970s and 1980s to create a consistent syllabary for literacy and education, and U+A041 is one of over 1,000 such syllabic characters encoded in the Unicode Standard. Its visual form, a distinct rectangular symbol composed of sweeping strokes and straight lines, reflects the script's traditional calligraphic origins. In usage, this syllable appears in Yi language texts, including literature, signs, and educational materials, serving as a fundamental building block for words and communication within the Yi communit

General Properties

Code Point U+A041
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Pa
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꁁ
HTML Hex Encoding ꁁ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x81 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA041
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A041
C/C++/Java Escape \ua041

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