U+A23D "ꈽ" Yi Syllable Mgex Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A23D "ꈽ" Yi Syllable Mgex is a glyph from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the Liangshan dialect of the Yi language spoken in southern China. This character is part of the modern standardized Yi syllabary, which was developed in the 1970s and 1980s to create a unified writing system from various traditional Yi scripts. The syllable "mgex" is phonetic and conveys a specific sound in the language, with its usage primarily found in written Yi texts, official documents, and cultural materials. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard within the Yi Syllables block, ensuring its digital representation for preservation and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+A23D
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Mgex
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꈽ
HTML Hex Encoding ꈽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x88 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA23D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A23D
C/C++/Java Escape \ua23d

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