U+A104 "ꄄ" Yi Syllable Diex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꄄ
U+A104 "ꄄ" Yi Syllable Diex is a glyph within the Yi Syllables block of the Unicode standard, representing a specific phonetic syllable from the modern Yi language (also known as Nuosu) used primarily by the Yi ethnic minority in southwestern China. This particular syllable, “diex,” corresponds to a high-rising tone and forms part of the standardized Liangshan Yi script, which was officially adopted in the 1980s to unify the various traditional writing systems. The character is commonly used in written Yi for everyday communication, literature, and education, contributing to the preservation and digital representation of the language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A104 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Diex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꄄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꄄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x84 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA104 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A104 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua104 |