U+A173 "ꅳ" Yi Syllable Hnap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅳ
U+A173 "ꅳ" Yi Syllable Hnap is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the standardized modern Yi language known as Nuosu, which is spoken primarily in the Liangshan region of southwestern China. This character is encoded in the Unicode Yi Syllables block, which was added in version 3.0 of the Unicode Standard to preserve and support the written form of the Nuosu language. The syllable "hnap" carries a specific tonal value typically indicated by its standard or modified representation in the script, and it is used in everyday writing, education, and cultural documentation among Yi speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A173 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hnap |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA173 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A173 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua173 |