U+A27C "ꉼ" Yi Syllable Hop Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A27C "ꉼ" Yi Syllable Hop is a character from the Yi script, a writing system used primarily for the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This specific syllable represents the phonetic sound "hop" and is part of the standardized modern Yi syllabary, which was officially codified in the 1980s to promote literacy and preserve the language. The character is derived from traditional Yi logographic forms, which were simplified into a set of 756 syllables, with U+A27C occupying a distinct position in this modern repertoire. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text in the Nuosu language can be properly processed and displayed across modern computing platforms, supporting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Yi community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A27C
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Hop
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꉼ
HTML Hex Encoding ꉼ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x89 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA27C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A27C
C/C++/Java Escape \ua27c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Yi
Script Extensions Yi
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter