U+A13E "ꄾ" Yi Syllable Ddax Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A13E "ꄾ" Yi Syllable Ddax is a symbol from the Yi script used primarily for the Nuosu language spoken in southwestern China, where it represents a specific syllable pronounced with a high rising tone. This character forms part of the standardized Yi syllabary, which was developed in the 1970s to modernize the traditional writing system and facilitate literacy. The syllable "Ddax" corresponds to a particular phoneme in the Nuosu phonological inventory, reflecting the script's systematic mapping of sounds to distinct characters. As a component of Unicode's Yi Syllables block, U+A13E ensures digital preservation and global text support for this writing system, enabling its use in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+A13E
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Ddax
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꄾ
HTML Hex Encoding ꄾ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x84 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA13E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A13E
C/C++/Java Escape \ua13e

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