U+A2E1 "ꋡ" Yi Syllable Zzep Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A2E1 "ꋡ" Yi Syllable Zzep is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the standardized syllabary used to write the Yi language, primarily spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable pronounced approximately as "zzep," with the initial consonant /z/ and a rising or tense tone indicated by the final "p" in the romanization system. It belongs to a set of modern Yi script characters that were standardized in the 1970s to replace older regional variations, and it is typically used in written texts for communication and cultural preservation among Yi speakers.

General Properties

Code Point U+A2E1
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Zzep
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꋡ
HTML Hex Encoding ꋡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8B 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA2E1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A2E1
C/C++/Java Escape \ua2e1

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