U+A198 "ꆘ" Yi Syllable Hlix Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A198 "ꆘ" Yi Syllable Hlix is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the modern standard form of the Yi language, also known as Nuosu, which is spoken primarily in southwestern China. This particular syllable, "hlix," encodes a specific phonetic sound within the language's syllabary, which was standardized in the 1970s and 1980s as part of a unified writing system. The character is part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, and it reflects the tonal nature of the Yi language, where different tones are represented by distinct characters or diacritic-like markings within the script.

General Properties

Code Point U+A198
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Hlix
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꆘ
HTML Hex Encoding ꆘ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x86 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA198
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A198
C/C++/Java Escape \ua198

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Yi
Script Extensions Yi
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter