U+A093 "ꂓ" Yi Syllable Hmi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A093 "ꂓ" Yi Syllable Hmi is a character from the Yi script, a syllabic writing system historically used for the Yi languages in China, and it represents the syllable pronounced as "hmi" within the standard phonological inventory of the Modern Yi language (also known as Nuosu). This character belongs to the "Yi Syllables" block of Unicode, which encodes over 1,000 syllables used to transcribe the spoken language, with each syllable typically corresponding to a single character. The shape and structure of "ꂓ" reflect the unique, geometric style of the Yi script, which was standardized in the 1970s and is now primarily used in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture for education, literature, and official documentation, helping to preserve and promote the linguistic heritage of the Yi ethnic group.

General Properties

Code Point U+A093
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Hmi
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꂓ
HTML Hex Encoding ꂓ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x82 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA093
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A093
C/C++/Java Escape \ua093

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