U+A09F "ꂟ" Yi Syllable Hmot Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A09F "ꂟ" Yi Syllable Hmot is part of the Yi Syllables block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to encode the Modern Yi script used for the Yi language spoken primarily in southwestern China and officially known as Nuosu. This specific character represents the syllable "hmot" and, like all Yi syllable characters, is composed of a radical (or "head") element that indicates the initial consonant sound combined with a graphical structure that conveys the vowel and tone. In the standardized Yi script, Hmot does not denote a universal lexical meaning by itself but functions within the syllabary system to form words in Nuosu, where it contributes to the written representation of spoken language. Its encoding ensures that digital text can accurately preserve the Nuosu writing system, which was standardized in the 1970s based on the Liangshan dialect.

General Properties

Code Point U+A09F
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Hmot
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꂟ
HTML Hex Encoding ꂟ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x82 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA09F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A09F
C/C++/Java Escape \ua09f

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