U+A1F8 "ꇸ" Yi Syllable Kit Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꇸ
U+A1F8 "ꇸ" Yi Syllable Kit is a specific glyph from the Yi script, which is used to write the Yi languages spoken primarily in southwestern China, notably in Sichuan and Yunnan. This character represents a single syllable pronounced as "kit" in the standard Yi language, forming part of a syllabary that was standardized in the 1970s and 1980s for modern literary use. The Yi script, to which U+A1F8 belongs, is recognized in the Unicode Standard to support the digital representation of Yi linguistic and cultural heritage, allowing for accurate text processing and preservation of this unique writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A1F8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Kit |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꇸ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꇸ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x87 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA1F8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A1F8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua1f8 |