U+A259 "ꉙ" Yi Syllable Hxop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉙ
U+A259 "ꉙ" Yi Syllable Hxop is a specific glyph from the Yi script, which is used to write the Nuosu language primarily spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents a single syllable pronounced "hxop" and is part of the vast syllabary that encodes the tonal and phonetic nuances of Nuosu, where each distinct syllable in the language has its own unique code point. In its various contexts, it can be used to write words ranging from basic vocabulary to more complex expressions, reflecting the rich linguistic heritage of the Yi cultural tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A259 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hxop |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA259 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A259 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua259 |