U+A3CE "ꏎ" Yi Syllable Rox Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A3CE "ꏎ" Yi Syllable Rox is a glyph from the Yi script, a writing system historically used by the Yi people primarily in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China, which was standardized in the late 20th century. This particular character represents a phonetic syllable pronounced as "rox" in the Liangshan dialect of the Yi language, which is part of the larger Tibeto-Burman language family. While its primary function is linguistic, representing a specific sound or word in written Yi, it also serves as a cultural marker, reflecting the efforts to preserve and modernize the Yi writing system for education, literature, and digital communication. In digital environments, this character is encoded to ensure accurate representation and exchange of Yi text across different platforms and systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+A3CE
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Rox
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꏎ
HTML Hex Encoding ꏎ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8F 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA3CE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A3CE
C/C++/Java Escape \ua3ce

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