U+A3BA "ꎺ" Yi Syllable Shut Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꎺ
U+A3BA "ꎺ" Yi Syllable Shut is part of the Yi script, which was standardized for writing the Nuosu or Liangshan Yi language spoken in southwestern China. This character represents the syllable pronounced "shut" and belongs to the modern Yi syllabary, which replaced an older, more complex logographic system in use before the 1970s. The Yi script is unique for its clear, angular forms, and this syllable is used in written Nuosu to denote the sound and meaning associated with that specific phonetic unit.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A3BA |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Shut |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꎺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꎺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8E 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA3BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A3BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua3ba |