U+A3A6 "ꎦ" Yi Syllable Nryx Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꎦ
U+A3A6 "ꎦ" Yi Syllable Nryx is a glyph from the Yi script, specifically used for writing the Yi language spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This character represents a syllable pronounced as "nryx," with the "rx" indicating a retroflex vowel sound typical of Yi phonetics. It belongs to the Yi Syllables block in Unicode, which includes a comprehensive set of syllables for standard modern Yi, and it encodes a tonal variant within the language's syllabic writing system. The character's design features a curved, brushlike stroke structure that reflects the historical derivation of the Yi script from pictographic origins.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A3A6 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nryx |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꎦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꎦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8E 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA3A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A3A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua3a6 |