U+A26D "ꉭ" Yi Syllable Ngep Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꉭ
U+A26D "ꉭ" Yi Syllable Ngep is a specific symbol from the Yi script, used primarily for writing the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents the syllable pronounced as "ngep" and belongs to a rich syllabary of over a thousand characters that was standardized in the 1970s to preserve and modernize the traditional Yi writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text in the Nuosu language can be accurately represented and exchanged across modern computer systems and platforms, supporting cultural preservation and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A26D |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ngep |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꉭ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꉭ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x89 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA26D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A26D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua26d |