U+A225 "ꈥ" Yi Syllable Ggop Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A225 "ꈥ" Yi Syllable Ggop is a specific glyph from the standardized Yi script, used primarily to write the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents a phonetic syllable, pronounced like "ggop," and forms part of the comprehensive modern Yi syllabary that was officially codified in the 1970s to promote literacy and preserve the language. In written Nuosu, it typically corresponds to a distinct meaning or grammatical function depending on context, though its exact lexical interpretation can vary with diacritical tones not encoded by the base syllable alone. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures it can be digitally represented and exchanged across different platforms and systems, supporting the continued use and study of the Yi language.

General Properties

Code Point U+A225
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Ggop
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꈥ
HTML Hex Encoding ꈥ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x88 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA225
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A225
C/C++/Java Escape \ua225

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