U+A214 "ꈔ" Yi Syllable Ggit Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A214 "ꈔ" Yi Syllable Ggit is a glyph within the Yi script, a syllabary used to write the Yi languages spoken by the Yi people of southwestern China. This specific character represents the sound "ggit" and belongs to the block of Unicode that encodes the standardized Northern Yi or Nuosu writing system. In usage, it functions as a single syllabic unit, contributing to the phonetic and tonal representation of words in written Yi texts, where each syllable carries its own distinct meaning or grammatical role. The character is part of a comprehensive modern encoding effort, first included in Unicode 3.0 in 1999, which preserves the rich linguistic heritage of the Yi community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A214
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Ggit
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꈔ
HTML Hex Encoding ꈔ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x88 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA214
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A214
C/C++/Java Escape \ua214

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Yi
Script Extensions Yi
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter