U+A1B3 "ꆳ" Yi Syllable Hly Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꆳ
U+A1B3 "ꆳ" Yi Syllable Hly is part of the Yi script, which is used to write the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "hly" in the standard Yi language, and it belongs to the block of Yi syllables that were encoded in Unicode to support the preservation and digital use of this unique writing system. The Yi script is notable for being a standardized syllabary developed in the 1970s, and each character like "ꆳ" corresponds to a distinct sound rather than a logogram, making it a vital tool for literacy and communication among Nuosu speakers today.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A1B3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hly |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꆳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꆳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x86 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA1B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A1B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua1b3 |