U+A318 "ꌘ" Yi Syllable Sox Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A318 "ꌘ" Yi Syllable Sox is a grapheme from the Yi script, used primarily to write the Yi language spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This specific syllable, "sox," represents a particular phonetic sound—with the "x" indicating a specific tone, typically a low or creaky tone in the Standard Liangshan Yi dialect. As part of the unified Yi syllabary encoded in the Unicode Standard, it enables digital representation and processing of this indigenous writing system, which was standardized in the 1970s based on the Liangshan dialect. The character appears in the Yi Syllables block and is essential for accurate transcription and communication in written Yi, reflecting both linguistic tradition and modern text encoding efforts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꌘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꌘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0x8C 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA318 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A318 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua318 |
Unicode Properties