U+A100 "ꄀ" Yi Syllable Dit Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꄀ
U+A100 "ꄀ" Yi Syllable Dit is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the modern standardized script used for the Yi language, primarily spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. Specifically, this character represents the syllable "dit" in the standard Liangshan Yi dialect, where each character corresponds to a distinct syllable with an inherent tone. The Yi script, traditionally logographic, was reformed in the 1970s to create a standardized syllabary of 819 characters, of which U+A100 is one, used in writing the Nuosu language. This character, like others in its range, contributes to the digital preservation and representation of the Yi writing system in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A100 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Dit |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꄀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꄀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x84 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA100 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A100 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua100 |