U+A23E "ꈾ" Yi Syllable Mge Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A23E "ꈾ" Yi Syllable Mge is a specific glyph from the Yi syllabary, a script used primarily for writing the Yi language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents the syllable "mge" and is part of a standardized set of 1,164 Yi syllables encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and communication of the language. The Yi script, also known as Cuan or Wei, was historically logographic but was reformed in the 20th century into a syllabic system, with "ꈾ" being one of many characters that facilitate modern typing, display, and text processing for Yi speakers in educational and cultural contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+A23E
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Mge
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꈾ
HTML Hex Encoding ꈾ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x88 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA23E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A23E
C/C++/Java Escape \ua23e

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