U+A300 "ꌀ" Yi Syllable Nzup Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꌀ
U+A300 "ꌀ" Yi Syllable Nzup is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the modern standardized form of the Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi ethnic group in China. This particular syllable, pronounced as "nzup," belongs to the set of 1,165 Yi syllables encoded in the Unicode Standard, designed to support the Liangshan Yi dialect. The character is part of the Yi Syllables block, which was added to Unicode in version 3.0 in 1999 to facilitate digital communication and preservation of the Yi writing system, distinguishing it from other scripts by its unique, geometric appearance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A300 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nzup |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꌀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꌀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8C 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA300 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A300 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua300 |