U+A2CF "ꋏ" Yi Syllable Cyr Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A2CF "ꋏ" Yi Syllable Cyr is a specific glyph from the Yi script, a writing system historically used for the Yi languages spoken in southwestern China, particularly in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces. This character represents the syllable "cyr" in the modern Standard Yi language (also known as Nuosu), where each syllable is encoded as a distinct symbol rather than being composed of separate consonant and vowel letters. The Yi Syllable Cyr is part of a large Unicode block dedicated to the Yi script, which was standardized in the 1970s and 1980s, and is used in official publications, education, and digital communication among Yi speakers. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this traditional script can be properly rendered and exchanged across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+A2CF
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Cyr
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꋏ
HTML Hex Encoding ꋏ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8B 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA2CF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A2CF
C/C++/Java Escape \ua2cf

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