U+A079 "ꁹ" Yi Syllable Nbip Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A079 "ꁹ" Yi Syllable Nbip is a written symbol from the Yi script, specifically used in the standardized Yi syllabary to represent a syllable in the Nuosu language spoken primarily in southwestern China. This particular character encodes the syllabic sound "nbip," where the initial "n" indicates a nasal tone and the following "bip" contributes a specific tonal and phonetic value within the language's writing system. The Yi script is unique in its structure, being a syllabary that was standardized in the 1970s for the Liangshan dialect, and each character like Nbip corresponds to a distinct syllable with a set pronunciation. As part of the Unicode standard, this character allows for the digital representation and preservation of Nuosu text, supporting literacy and communication in a language that has a rich cultural heritage and continues to be actively used by the Yi people.

General Properties

Code Point U+A079
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Nbip
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꁹ
HTML Hex Encoding ꁹ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x81 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA079
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A079
C/C++/Java Escape \ua079

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