U+A2A3 "ꊣ" Yi Syllable Zux Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A2A3 "ꊣ" Yi Syllable Zux is a specific glyph within the Yi script, an ideographic writing system historically used for the Yi language spoken in southwestern China. This particular syllable, pronounced "zux," belongs to the modern standardized Yi syllabary, which was formally adopted in the 1970s to write the Nuosu dialect, the most widely spoken Yi language variety. The character represents a distinct phonetic unit and is used in written texts, educational materials, and digital communications to accurately convey the sounds and meanings of the Nuosu language, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Yi ethnic minority.

General Properties

Code Point U+A2A3
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Zux
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꊣ
HTML Hex Encoding ꊣ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8A 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA2A3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A2A3
C/C++/Java Escape \ua2a3

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