U+A388 "ꎈ" Yi Syllable Rrut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꎈ
U+A388 "ꎈ" Yi Syllable Rrut is a glyph from the Yi script, specifically part of the modern standardized syllabary used for writing the Nuosu (or Northern Yi) language of southwestern China. This character represents the syllable pronounced "rrut," distinguished by its retroflex initial consonant and its specific tone, as the Yi script encodes both sound and pitch. As a typographic unit, it is stored in the Unicode Standard under the Yi Syllables block, allowing for digital representation and consistent rendering across platforms, which helps preserve and facilitate the use of the Yi language in modern computing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A388 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Rrut |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꎈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꎈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8E 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA388 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A388 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua388 |