U+A05E "ꁞ" Yi Syllable Bbat Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A05E "ꁞ" Yi Syllable Bbat is a specific glyph from the modern Yi script, used primarily to write the Yi language (also known as Nuosu) spoken in parts of southwestern China. This character represents a single syllable pronounced "bbat" with a high falling tone, where the doubled initial "bb" indicates a voiced bilabial plosive in the Yi phonological system. As part of the standardized Unicode Yi Syllables block, it enables digital encoding and typographic rendering of this unique script, which was reformed in the 1970s and is essential for preserving and transmitting Yi linguistic heritage. The syllable itself often corresponds to meaningful words in the Nuosu language, such as those related to specific objects or actions, though its exact lexical meaning depends on context within a Yi text.

General Properties

Code Point U+A05E
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Bbat
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꁞ
HTML Hex Encoding ꁞ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x81 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA05E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A05E
C/C++/Java Escape \ua05e

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