U+A22E "ꈮ" Yi Syllable Ggurx Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A22E "ꈮ" Yi Syllable Ggurx is a glyph used in the modern Yi script, a standardized syllabary primarily employed to write the Yi language spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable with the initial consonant sound "gg" (voiced velar plosive) and the vowel "ur," which is a rhotacized or retroflex vowel, and it is part of the larger repertoire of 1,165 Yi syllables encoded in the Unicode Standard. Since its inclusion in Unicode version 3.0, the character ensures that digital text processing, storage, and transmission can accurately support the Yi writing system, which is vital for preserving and promoting the linguistic heritage of the Yi people amid increasing technological modernization.

General Properties

Code Point U+A22E
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Ggurx
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꈮ
HTML Hex Encoding ꈮ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x88 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA22E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A22E
C/C++/Java Escape \ua22e

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