U+A3E5 "ꏥ" Yi Syllable Jiex Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A3E5 "ꏥ" Yi Syllable Jiex is a part of the Yi script, which is used to write the Yi languages spoken primarily in southwestern China, especially in the Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture within Sichuan Province. This specific character represents the syllable "jiex" in the Modern Yi (Liangshan Yi) writing system, with the final "x" indicating a particular tone, typically the low falling tone. The Yi script was standardized in the 1970s and is encoded in Unicode within the Yi Syllables block, serving as an essential tool for preserving and transmitting Yi linguistic and cultural heritage in digital and written forms.

General Properties

Code Point U+A3E5
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Jiex
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꏥ
HTML Hex Encoding ꏥ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x8F 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA3E5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A3E5
C/C++/Java Escape \ua3e5

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