U+A06E "ꁮ" Yi Syllable Bbu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꁮ
U+A06E "ꁮ" Yi Syllable Bbu is a typographic symbol used in the modern standardized Yi script, known as Nuosu or Liangshan Yi, which is primarily utilized to write the Yi language spoken in southwestern China. This character specifically represents a single syllable pronounced as "bbu" with a high rising tone, one of the many syllabic units that form the foundation of the Yi writing system. It is encoded in the Unicode block for the Yi Syllables, which was included to support digital representation of this unique script that traditionally uses a logographic system but was reformed into a syllabary in the 1970s.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A06E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Bbu |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꁮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꁮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x81 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA06E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A06E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua06e |