U+A17D "ꅽ" Yi Syllable Nit Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꅽ
U+A17D "ꅽ" Yi Syllable Nit is a specific glyph within the Yi script, which is used to write the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people primarily in the Liangshan region of southwestern China. This character represents a single syllable pronounced as "nit," forming part of a standardized set of 1,165 syllables that cover the essential sounds of the Nuosu language. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and modernize the Yi writing system, which underwent significant standardization in the 1970s and 1980s based on the Liangshan dialect, facilitating digital communication and cultural documentation for the Yi community.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A17D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nit |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꅽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꅽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x85 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA17D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A17D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua17d |