U+A398 "ꎘ" Yi Syllable Nrox Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A398 "ꎘ" Yi Syllable Nrox is a specific glyph from the modern standardized Yi script, known as the Yi Syllabary, which is used to write the Nuosu language spoken by the Yi people in southwestern China. This particular syllable represents the phonetic sound "nrox" in the Liangshan dialect, where the script assigns a unique character to each distinct syllable rather than using an alphabet. As a part of the Unicode standard, it ensures that this syllable can be consistently represented and transmitted across digital platforms, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Yi community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A398
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Nrox
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꎘ
HTML Hex Encoding ꎘ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8E 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA398
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A398
C/C++/Java Escape \ua398

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