U+A04E "ꁎ" Yi Syllable Purx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꁎ
U+A04E "ꁎ" Yi Syllable Purx is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the standardized syllabary of the Yi language, primarily used by the Yi ethnic group in China. This specific character represents the syllable "purx" in the Yi script, where the ending "x" indicates a particular tone, contributing to the system of tonal distinctions essential for correct pronunciation and meaning in the language. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode supports digital communication and preservation of the Yi writing system, which was standardized in the 1980s based on the Liangshan dialect.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A04E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Purx |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꁎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꁎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x81 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA04E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A04E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua04e |