U+A167 "ꅧ" Yi Syllable Ndur Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A167 "ꅧ" Yi Syllable Ndur is a specific character from the Yi script, a syllabic writing system historically standardized in the 1970s for the Nuosu language of the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents a distinct syllable in the standard Yi syllabary, typically pronounced with a sound equivalent to "ndur" in the romanized transcription system. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Yi Syllables block, which includes over 1,000 characters to support the writing and digital preservation of the Nuosu language and its literary traditions. The character "ꅧ" is used in written Yi texts, such as folklore, poetry, and modern publications, and it helps maintain the linguistic heritage of the Yi community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A167
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Ndur
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꅧ
HTML Hex Encoding ꅧ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x85 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA167
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A167
C/C++/Java Escape \ua167

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