U+A16A "ꅪ" Yi Syllable Hni Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅪ
U+A16A "ꅪ" Yi Syllable Hni is a written symbol from the Yi script, specifically used in the standardized northern dialect of the Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This character represents a single syllable pronounced as "hni," with the initial consonant sound similar to a voiceless nasalized "hn" and the vowel "i." As part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, it plays a role in preserving and digitally encoding the literary traditions of the Yi people, who have a long history of using their own script for religious texts, folk songs, and official records.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A16A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hni |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA16A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A16A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua16a |