U+A22A "ꈪ" Yi Syllable Ggut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꈪ
U+A22A "ꈪ" Yi Syllable Ggut is a character from the Yi script, specifically the standardized modern Yi syllabary used for writing the Yi language, also known as Nuosu, primarily in the Liangshan region of China. This particular syllable represents the phonetic sound "ggut," which carries a specific tone, as tonal distinctions are integral to the Yi writing system. The Yi script was unified in the 1970s to create a standardized set of 1,164 syllables, and U+A22A is one of these standardized characters. It is encoded in the Unicode Yi Syllables block, which was introduced to support digital text processing and preservation of the Yi language and its cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A22A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ggut |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꈪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꈪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x88 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA22A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A22A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua22a |