U+A2C4 "ꋄ" Yi Syllable Cut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꋄ
U+A2C4 "ꋄ" Yi Syllable Cut is a character from the Yi script, a writing system historically used for the Yi language primarily in Sichuan, China, which was standardized in the 1970s. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced as "cut" in the Northern Yi dialect, where each syllable character combines a consonant and vowel sound within the script's syllabary structure. As part of the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics block, albeit mistakenly categorized in some contexts, it is encoded for digital text representation to preserve the linguistic heritage of the Yi people, enabling correct rendering and exchange in modern computing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A2C4 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Cut |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꋄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꋄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8B 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA2C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A2C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua2c4 |