U+A35C "ꍜ" Yi Syllable Zhyx Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A35C "ꍜ" Yi Syllable Zhyx is a component of the Yi script, specifically used to represent a syllable in the standardized Liangshan Yi language, spoken primarily in southwestern China. This character belongs to the Yi Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes a comprehensive set of logographic-syllabic signs for writing the Yi language’s modern standard form. ꍜ is pronounced as "zhix" or similarly, reflecting a particular tone and consonant-vowel combination in the language’s phonological system. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital text can accurately represent this syllable, supporting preservation, communication, and cultural documentation for speakers and scholars of Yi languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+A35C
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Zhyx
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꍜ
HTML Hex Encoding ꍜ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8D 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA35C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A35C
C/C++/Java Escape \ua35c

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