U+A2D5 "ꋕ" Yi Syllable Zziex Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A2D5 "ꋕ" Yi Syllable Zziex is a specific glyph within the Yi script, a syllabic writing system used historically for the Nuosu language of the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents the syllable pronounced as "zziex," where the final "x" denotes a particular tone, typically a mid-rising or checked tone, in the standard romanization of the Nuosu language. It is encoded in the Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Extended block of Unicode, which was mistakenly named but actually houses the modern standardized Yi syllables, and it is primarily used in written texts to accurately represent one of the many phonetic sounds in the Nuosu linguistic system.

General Properties

Code Point U+A2D5
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Zziex
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꋕ
HTML Hex Encoding ꋕ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8B 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA2D5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A2D5
C/C++/Java Escape \ua2d5

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