U+A1C1 "ꇁ" Yi Syllable La Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꇁ
U+A1C1 "ꇁ" Yi Syllable La is a character from the Yi script, specifically the standardized modern Yi syllabary used for the Nuosu language in China. This character represents the syllable "la" and is part of a writing system developed from traditional Yi logographs, which was officially codified in the 1970s and 1980s to promote literacy and cultural preservation among the Yi people. In Nuosu, this syllable can carry different meanings depending on tone, as the Yi script uses distinct characters for each tonal variation, and "ꇁ" typically corresponds to a specific tone class within the language's complex phonological system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A1C1 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable La |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꇁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꇁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x87 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA1C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A1C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua1c1 |