U+A3A8 "ꎨ" Yi Syllable Nryp Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꎨ
U+A3A8 "ꎨ" Yi Syllable Nryp is part of the Yi Syllables block, a set of characters used to write the Yi language, primarily spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This specific syllable represents the phonetic sound "nryp" in the standardized Modern Yi script, which was developed in the 1970s to unify various regional Yi writing systems. Like all Yi syllables, it is composed of a consonant and vowel component, in this case indicating a particular tone and pronunciation in the language. The character is encoded in Unicode to support digital text processing and preservation of the Yi script, ensuring that this minority language can be used in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A3A8 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nryp |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꎨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꎨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8E 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA3A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A3A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua3a8 |