U+A400 "ꐀ" Yi Syllable Qiet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꐀ
U+A400 "ꐀ" Yi Syllable Qiet is part of the Yi script, specifically within the modern standardized Yi syllabary used for the Nuosu language spoken in southwestern China. This particular character represents the syllable "qiet," where the initial consonant "q" denotes a voiceless aspirated velar stop, and the final "iet" indicates a specific tone and vowel combination according to the official Yi phonetic system. It is encoded in the Unicode block titled "Yi Syllables," which supports the comprehensive representation of the six hundred and forty nine syllables in the standardized Liangshan Yi script, facilitating digital communication and preservation of this important minority language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A400 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Qiet |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꐀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꐀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x90 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA400 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A400 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua400 |