U+A2E8 "ꋨ" Yi Syllable Zzyx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꋨ
U+A2E8 "ꋨ" Yi Syllable Zzyx is a specific syllabic character used in the modern standard writing system for the Yi language, also known as the Liangshan Yi script. It represents a distinct phonetic syllable in Yi, which is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken primarily in southwestern China. The character is part of the Yi Syllables block of Unicode, which was added to support the written form of the language developed from traditional Yi scripts. Its pronunciation "zzyx" indicates a particular tone and consonant vowel combination in the Yi phonological system, enabling precise transcription of the language's sounds in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A2E8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Zzyx |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꋨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꋨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8B 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA2E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A2E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua2e8 |