U+A28A "ꊊ" Yi Syllable Wex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꊊ
U+A28A "ꊊ" Yi Syllable Wex is a symbol from the Yi script, used primarily to write the Yi language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "wex," where "x" indicates a particular tone in the language's tonal system. It belongs to the Yi Syllables block of Unicode, which was encoded to support the modern standard form of the script, known as Liangshan Yi. As a character in this syllabary, ꊊ plays a role in documenting and preserving the linguistic heritage of the Yi community, enabling digital representation and communication in their native writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A28A |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Wex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꊊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꊊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8A 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA28A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A28A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua28a |