U+A16D "ꅭ" Yi Syllable Hniex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅭ
U+A16D "ꅭ" Yi Syllable Hniex is a specific glyph from the Yi script, used primarily to write the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This particular syllable, pronounced "hniex," represents a distinct phonetic unit within the language's rich tonal system, where the "x" at the end indicates a specific tone. The character is part of the Yi Syllables block, which was added to the Unicode standard to support the preservation and digital representation of this indigenous writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A16D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hniex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA16D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A16D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua16d |