U+A353 "ꍓ" Yi Syllable Zhe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꍓ
U+A353 "ꍓ" Yi Syllable Zhe is a specific glyph used in the Yi script, which is primarily employed for writing the Yi language spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This character represents a syllabic sound, likely pronounced as "zhe," and is part of the Yi Syllables block of Unicode, which was standardized to support the modern standard Yi writing system. The character appears as a stylized symbol resembling a geometric or calligraphic shape, reflecting the unique visual structure of the Yi script, and it enables digital text representation and processing of this minority language for preservation and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A353 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Zhe |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꍓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꍓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8D 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA353 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A353 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua353 |