U+A332 "ꌲ" Yi Syllable Ssax Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꌲ
U+A332 "ꌲ" Yi Syllable Ssax is a glyph from the Yi script, specifically part of the standardized modern Yi syllabary used to write the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This character represents the syllable "ssax," which is pronounced with a particular tone and consonant-vowel combination unique to the Nuosu phonetic system. It belongs to a comprehensive set of 1,164 Yi syllables encoded in Unicode, facilitating digital communication and preservation of the language. In traditional Yi culture, the script is deeply tied to religious texts and oral history, but modern usage includes education, literature, and online exchanges among Yi speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A332 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Ssax |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꌲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꌲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8C 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA332 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A332 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua332 |