U+A258 "ꉘ" Yi Syllable Hxo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉘ
U+A258 "ꉘ" Yi Syllable Hxo is a character from the Yi script, a writing system historically used for the Yi languages primarily spoken in southwestern China. This specific syllable represents the sound "hxo" and is part of the standard modern Yi syllabary, which was officially codified in the 1970s to promote literacy among the Yi people. The character's appearance, a stylized geometric glyph, reflects the traditional logographic origins of the script while serving a phonetic function in contemporary usage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A258 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hxo |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA258 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A258 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua258 |