U+A304 "ꌄ" Yi Syllable Nzyx Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A304 "ꌄ" Yi Syllable Nzyx is a single character belonging to the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the phonologically distinctive syllables of the modern Standard Yi language, also known as Nuosu, used primarily in the Liangshan region of southwestern China. This specific syllable represents the pronunciation "nzyx" in the standard romanization system for Yi, where the final "x" indicates a particular tone, likely the high-rising tone in this writing system. As part of the unified Yi script standard established in the 1970s, this character is used in written forms of the language to represent a distinct lexical and tonal syllable, contributing to the accurate transcription of Nuosu words in texts, education, and cultural preservation.

General Properties

Code Point U+A304
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Nzyx
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꌄ
HTML Hex Encoding ꌄ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8C 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA304
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A304
C/C++/Java Escape \ua304

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