U+A163 "ꅣ" Yi Syllable Ndux Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅣ
U+A163 "ꅣ" Yi Syllable Ndux is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the standardized Modern Yi language, also known as Nuosu, which is spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character corresponds to the pronounced syllable "n-du" or similar phonetic value, depending on the tonal and dialectal context, and is part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, which was encoded to support digital text representation for this minority language. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and facilitate the written communication of Nuosu, contributing to cultural and linguistic documentation in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A163 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ndux |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA163 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A163 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua163 |