U+A242 "ꉂ" Yi Syllable Mgu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A242 "ꉂ" Yi Syllable Mgu is a glyph from the modern Yi script, used primarily for writing the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents a specific syllable in the Yi phonetic system, with "mgu" corresponding to a particular tone and vowel combination within the script's syllabary. The Yi script underwent a major standardization in the 1970s, and this character is part of the Unicode block dedicated to the Yi Syllables, which was added to the standard to support digital text representation and preservation of the language. In practical use, it appears in written Nuosu texts such as literature, education materials, and official documents, contributing to the cultural and linguistic identity of the Yi community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A242
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Mgu
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꉂ
HTML Hex Encoding ꉂ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x89 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA242
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A242
C/C++/Java Escape \ua242

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