U+A256 "ꉖ" Yi Syllable Hxot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉖ
U+A256 "ꉖ" Yi Syllable Hxot is a specific character from the Yi script, used to represent a syllable in the standardized Modern Yi language, which is spoken primarily in parts of southwestern China. This character corresponds to the syllable "hxot" in the Yi pinyin romanization system, where it denotes a particular tone and pronunciation. The Yi script was officially unified and encoded in the Unicode standard to support the preservation and digital use of the Yi language, and each syllable character like U+A256 has a fixed, distinct shape and meaning within that writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A256 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hxot |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA256 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A256 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua256 |