U+A35C "ꍜ" Yi Syllable Zhyx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꍜ
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 |