U+A089 "ꂉ" Yi Syllable Nburx Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A089 "ꂉ" Yi Syllable Nburx is a specific glyph from the Yi script, which is used to write the Yi languages spoken primarily in southwestern China. This character represents a syllable in the standardized Modern Yi syllabary, pronounced roughly as "nbu̠" with a particular tone, and it belongs to a block of the Unicode standard dedicated to preserving and enabling digital text processing for this indigenous writing system. As part of the Yi script's adoption into Unicode in the 1990s, "Nburx" helps facilitate linguistic documentation, education, and communication for Yi speakers, ensuring that their traditional script remains accessible in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+A089
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Nburx
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꂉ
HTML Hex Encoding ꂉ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x82 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA089
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A089
C/C++/Java Escape \ua089

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