U+A240 "ꉀ" Yi Syllable Mgut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉀ
U+A240 "ꉀ" Yi Syllable Mgut is a grapheme representing a specific syllable in the Modern Yi language, also known as Nuosu, which is used primarily in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan, China. This character is part of the Yi Syllables block within Unicode, a standardized script introduced to digitally encode the traditional Yi writing system, where each syllable character corresponds to a distinct phonetic value. The syllable "mgut" falls under the category of nasal-initial syllables in Yi, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Nuosu language can be accurately preserved, typed, and displayed across modern digital platforms and software.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A240 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Mgut |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA240 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A240 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua240 |