U+A3C3 "ꏃ" Yi Syllable Shyp Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꏃ
U+A3C3 "ꏃ" Yi Syllable Shyp is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the script used for the Yi language spoken primarily in southwestern China. This particular character represents a specific syllable in the modern standard Yi syllabary, where "Shyp" denotes its phonetic value, likely corresponding to a high-pitched or checked tone pronunciation. It is one of over 1,200 syllables in the Yi script, which was standardized in the 1970s to promote literacy among Yi speakers, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation and preservation of this minority language's writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A3C3 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Shyp |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꏃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꏃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8F 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA3C3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A3C3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua3c3 |