U+A08E "ꂎ" Yi Syllable Nbyp Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꂎ
U+A08E "ꂎ" Yi Syllable Nbyp is part of the Yi script, a syllabary used to write the Nuosu language, which is a member of the Lolo-Burmese family primarily spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "nbyp," with the final "p" indicating a checked tone, a feature common in the language's tonal system. Defined within the Yi Syllables block of Unicode, it was encoded to support the preservation and digital representation of written Nuosu, enabling modern communication and archival of texts in this endangered minority language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A08E |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nbyp |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꂎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꂎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x82 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA08E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A08E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua08e |