U+A251 "ꉑ" Yi Syllable Hxap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉑ
U+A251 "ꉑ" Yi Syllable Hxap is a character from the Yi script, specifically used for writing the Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi ethnic group primarily in China's southwestern provinces such as Sichuan and Yunnan. This character represents a syllable pronounced as "hxap," which is part of the standardized Yi syllabary created in the 1970s to promote literacy and preserve the language. In context, "hxap" likely denotes a specific word or morpheme in Yi, contributing to the rich tonal and syllabic structure of the language. As a member of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, this character ensures that digital text can accurately represent this unique writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A251 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hxap |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA251 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A251 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua251 |