U+A1B5 "ꆵ" Yi Syllable Hlyrx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꆵ
U+A1B5 "ꆵ" Yi Syllable Hlyrx is a character from the Yi script, specifically part of the modern standardized Yi syllabary used for the Northern Yi language (also known as Nuosu) spoken primarily in Sichuan Province, China. This particular syllable represents the sound "hlyrx," which is a voiceless lateral fricative followed by a lax vowel, a tone and sound that are distinctive to the Yi linguistic system. It is encoded in the Unicode block for Yi syllables, ranging from U+A000 to U+A4CF, and was added to the standard to support digital text processing and archiving of the Yi language, ensuring that this unique linguistic heritage can be preserved and used in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A1B5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hlyrx |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꆵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꆵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x86 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA1B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A1B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua1b5 |