U+A281 "ꊁ" Yi Syllable Wax Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꊁ
U+A281 "ꊁ" Yi Syllable Wax is a specific character from the standardized set of the Yi syllabary, which is used for writing the Yi language, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily in southwestern China. This particular glyph represents the syllable pronounced as "wax" in the modern standardized Liangshan Yi dialect, where its phonetic value is realized as a voiceless or slightly aspirated initial sound with a particular tone that distinguishes it from other similar syllables. The inclusion of such characters in Unicode ensures that digital texts, whether for linguistic documentation, cultural preservation, or modern communication, can accurately represent the rich phonological system and tonal distinctions of the Yi language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A281 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Wax |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꊁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꊁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8A 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA281 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A281 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua281 |