U+A349 "ꍉ" Yi Syllable Zhap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꍉ
U+A349 "ꍉ" Yi Syllable Zhap is a character from the modern Yi script, used primarily to write the Yi language (also known as Nuosu) spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This particular syllable represents the sound "zhap" and is part of the standardized set of 1,165 Yi syllables encoded in Unicode to support digital text and communication in the language. The character appears as a stylized, angular symbol with distinct strokes, derived from the traditional Liangshan Yi writing system, which was officially codified in the 1970s to promote literacy and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A349 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Zhap |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꍉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꍉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8D 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA349 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A349 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua349 |