U+A25C "ꉜ" Yi Syllable Hxep Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉜ
U+A25C "ꉜ" Yi Syllable Hxep is a specific character from the Unified Canadian Syllabics Extended block, representing a syllable in the Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi ethnic group primarily in southwestern China. Specifically, it corresponds to the phonetic sound "hxep," combining a consonant onset with a vowel or tone marker as part of the standardized Yi script. This character is used in written materials for the Yi language, such as educational texts and literature, and is encoded to support digital communication in a minority language with a long history of regional use. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Yi script can be properly rendered and preserved across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A25C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Hxep |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA25C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A25C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua25c |