U+A296 "ꊖ" Yi Syllable Za Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꊖ
U+A296 "ꊖ" Yi Syllable Za is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the written form of the Yi language as used primarily in the Liangshan region of southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable in the Yi writing system, where each character corresponds to a distinct phonetic syllable rather than a single consonant or vowel. The Yi script is a standardized syllabary, and "ꊖ" is used to denote the sound "za" in formal written communication, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Yi ethnic group.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A296 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Za |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꊖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꊖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8A 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA296 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A296 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua296 |