U+A3AF "ꎯ" Yi Syllable Shuox Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꎯ
U+A3AF "ꎯ" Yi Syllable Shuox is a specific glyph from the standardized Yi script, representing a syllabic sound used in the Nuosu language, which is spoken primarily in southwestern China. This character is part of the Yi Syllables block within Unicode, and its phonetic value corresponds to the syllable pronounced as "shuox," with the "x" indicating a particular tone in the Nuosu tonal system. The Yi script is a historically unique writing system that was standardized in the 1970s, and this syllable character functions as a fundamental building block in written Nuosu, allowing for precise representation of spoken language in digital and printed form.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A3AF |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Shuox |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꎯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꎯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8E 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA3AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A3AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua3af |