U+A362 "ꍢ" Yi Syllable Chax Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꍢ
U+A362 "ꍢ" Yi Syllable Chax is a symbol from the Yi script, specifically the standardized Modern Yi syllabary used for writing the Nuosu/Yi language primarily in southwestern China. This character represents a distinct syllable in the Yi language, where "chax" denotes a specific phonetic combination, and it is part of a broader block of Yi syllables that enables written communication for this tonal language. The character's visual form consists of a unique stroke pattern typical of the Yi script, which was unified and encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve cultural heritage and support digital text representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A362 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Chax |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꍢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꍢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8D 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA362 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A362 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua362 |