U+A167 "ꅧ" Yi Syllable Ndur Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅧ
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 |