U+A15B "ꅛ" Yi Syllable Ndot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅛ
U+A15B "ꅛ" Yi Syllable Ndot is a symbol from the Yi script, used primarily for writing the Yi language spoken in parts of southwestern China. It represents a specific syllable pronounced as "ndot," with the "nd" indicating a prenasalized stop common in the language's phonology. This character is part of the modern standardized Yi syllabary, which was developed in the 1970s to unify various traditional Yi scripts for educational and official use. In textual contexts, it appears as a discrete glyph for writing lexical and grammatical components of the Yi language, contributing to the preservation and digital representation of this linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A15B |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ndot |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA15B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A15B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua15b |