U+A291 "ꊑ" Yi Syllable Ziex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꊑ
U+A291 "ꊑ" Yi Syllable Ziex is a character from the Yi script, specifically part of the Liangshan Standard Yi syllabary used to write the Nuosu language. This syllable represents the sound "ziex," which includes the voiced palatal affricate initial consonant and a specific low-rising tone, often transcribed with the final "x" in the standard Yi romanization system. It is one of many syllables encoded in the Unicode Yi Syllables block, which was added to support the standardized Yi script used in educational and official contexts in China's Sichuan province.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A291 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ziex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꊑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꊑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8A 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA291 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A291 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua291 |