U+A3BD "ꎽ" Yi Syllable Shup Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A3BD "ꎽ" Yi Syllable Shup is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the standard 1,164 syllables of the modern Yi language used primarily in the Liangshan region of China. This specific character represents the syllable pronounced as "shup" and is written in the Yi script, a unique syllabic writing system standardized in the 1970s to promote literacy among the Yi people. The character appears as a distinctive, angular glyph composed of a central vertical stroke with two horizontal bars, reflecting the script’s visual style that differs from both Chinese characters and other phonetic alphabets. As a functional unit in the Yi language, "ꎽ" is used in writing words and texts related to Yi culture, history, and daily communication, contributing to the preservation of an indigenous linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+A3BD
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Shup
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꎽ
HTML Hex Encoding ꎽ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8E 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA3BD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A3BD
C/C++/Java Escape \ua3bd

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