U+A1DF "ꇟ" Yi Syllable Giex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꇟ
U+A1DF "ꇟ" Yi Syllable Giex is a glyph from the Yi script, specifically representing the syllable "giex" in the standardized modern Yi language used for writing the Nuosu language of the Yi people in southwestern China. This character is part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, which encodes a syllabary created in the 1970s to promote literacy and preserve the linguistic heritage of the Yi ethnic group. The "x" in its romanization indicates a low falling tone, one of the distinctive tonal contrasts in Yi phonology, and the character itself is used in written texts, educational materials, and cultural documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A1DF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Giex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꇟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꇟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x87 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA1DF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A1DF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua1df |