U+A111 "ꄑ" Yi Syllable Dex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꄑ
U+A111 "ꄑ" Yi Syllable Dex is a specific glyph from the Yi script, which is used to write the Yi languages spoken primarily in southwestern China. This character represents a syllable pronounced as "dex" in the standard Liangshan Yi dialect, part of a syllabary system that was standardized in the 1970s to modernize and preserve written Yi culture. Each Yi syllable character encodes a distinct combination of consonant and vowel sounds, with "ꄑ" serving as a fundamental unit for writing Yi words and names. As part of the Unicode standard, this character ensures digital representation and interoperability for Yi language texts across various platforms and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A111 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Dex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꄑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꄑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x84 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA111 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A111 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua111 |