U+A3C9 "ꏉ" Yi Syllable Rap Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꏉ
U+A3C9 "ꏉ" Yi Syllable Rap is part of the Yi Syllables block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the written form of the Yi language, also known as Nuosu, spoken primarily in southwestern China. This specific character represents the syllable pronounced "rap" in the standard Liangshan dialect of Yi, where each syllable glyph corresponds to a distinct tone and sound in the language’s syllabic script. The Yi writing system, standardized in the 1970s, uses a unique set of characters for each syllable, making U+A3C9 an essential component for accurately encoding and displaying Yi text in digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A3C9 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Rap |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꏉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꏉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x8F 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA3C9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A3C9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua3c9 |