U+A187 "ꆇ" Yi Syllable Nuox Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꆇ
U+A187 "ꆇ" Yi Syllable Nuox is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing the syllable "nuox" as used in the standardized modern Yi language, also known as Nuosu, which is spoken by the Yi people of southwestern China. This character is part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, encoded to preserve and digitally facilitate the writing system that was standardized in the 1980s based on the Liangshan dialect. In practice, "ꆇ" corresponds to a specific phonetic value and may carry distinct meanings depending on the context within Yi vocabulary, contributing to the script's role in recording oral traditions, literature, and everyday communication among Yi speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A187 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nuox |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꆇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꆇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x86 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA187 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A187 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua187 |