U+A329 "ꌩ" Yi Syllable Syr Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A329 "ꌩ" Yi Syllable Syr is a single character from the Yi script, specifically used to represent the syllable "syr" in the modern standard form of the Yi language, also known as Nuosu, which is spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This character is part of the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, which was encoded to support the written form of the Nuosu language, standardized in the 1970s based on the Liangshan dialect. Visually, it resembles a stylized glyph with three stacked loops or flourishes, and it functions as a phonetic script element where each character corresponds to a distinct syllable with a specific tone. The encoding of this character in the Universal Character Set ensures that digital text and communications can preserve and transmit the unique written tradition of the Yi people.

General Properties

Code Point U+A329
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Syr
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꌩ
HTML Hex Encoding ꌩ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8C 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA329
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A329
C/C++/Java Escape \ua329

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