U+A089 "ꂉ" Yi Syllable Nburx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꂉ
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 |