U+A061 "ꁡ" Yi Syllable Bbap Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A061 "ꁡ" Yi Syllable Bbap is a component of the Yi script, which was officially encoded in the Unicode Standard to represent the modern standardized form of the Yi language used primarily by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This specific character corresponds to a syllable pronounced "bbap" in the Yi language, where the tone and vowel are integral to its meaning within the syllabic writing system. The Yi script is unique in that it is a syllabary, with each character representing a complete syllable rather than individual phonemes, and U+A061 is one of hundreds of syllables used to write the Nuosu dialect of Yi. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitize the Yi language, enabling its use in modern computing and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+A061
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Bbap
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꁡ
HTML Hex Encoding ꁡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x81 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA061
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A061
C/C++/Java Escape \ua061

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