U+A162 "ꅢ" Yi Syllable Ndut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅢ
U+A162 "ꅢ" Yi Syllable Ndut is a symbol representing a specific syllable within the Yi script, which is used to write the Yi languages spoken primarily in southwestern China, particularly in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. This character belongs to the Yi Syllables block of Unicode and corresponds to the syllable pronounced as "ndut" in the standard Yi writing system, which is a syllabary derived from the traditional Yi script. It encodes a distinct phonetic unit crucial for accurately representing the rich tonal and consonantal inventory of the language, thereby playing a key role in preserving and digitally communicating Yi cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A162 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ndut |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA162 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A162 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua162 |