U+A2E5 "ꋥ" Yi Syllable Zzurx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꋥ
U+A2E5 "ꋥ" Yi Syllable Zzurx is part of the Yi script block, specifically used for transcribing the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character represents a specific syllable in the standardized Yi syllabary, which was developed in the 1970s to unify and modernize the traditional Yi writing system. The syllable "zzurx" is pronounced with a distinct tone, as indicated by the final letter "x" which marks a particular tonal contour in the romanized transcription system. As a functional unit of written Nuosu, it is used in contemporary texts, educational materials, and official documents for the Yi language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A2E5 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Zzurx |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꋥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꋥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8B 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA2E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A2E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua2e5 |