U+A059 "ꁙ" Yi Syllable Bbip Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꁙ
U+A059 "ꁙ" Yi Syllable Bbip is a script symbol from the modern Yi (Nuosu) syllabary, used primarily in the Liangshan dialect of the Yi language spoken in southwestern China. This specific character represents the syllable pronounced as "bbip," where the "bb" denotes a voiced or partially voiced initial consonant distinct from the unvoiced "b" series. As part of the standardized Yi script, which was developed in the 1970s to replace thousands of traditional Yi logographs, "ꁙ" functions as a phonetic unit within a writing system that was officially adopted for literacy, education, and cultural preservation among Yi communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A059 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Bbip |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꁙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꁙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x81 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA059 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A059 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua059 |