U+A160 "ꅠ" Yi Syllable Nde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅠ
U+A160 "ꅠ" Yi Syllable Nde is a symbol from the Yi script, specifically used to represent the syllable "nde" in the standardized modern Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi people primarily in southwestern China. As part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, this character is encoded to support the proper digital representation and preservation of the Yi writing system, which was standardized in the 1970s based on the Liangshan dialect. The character itself carries a phonetic value, functioning as a building block for written Yi words, and its use in digital text helps maintain linguistic heritage and facilitate communication in modern technology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A160 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nde |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA160 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A160 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua160 |