U+A409 "ꐉ" Yi Syllable Qox Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꐉ
U+A409 "ꐉ" Yi Syllable Qox is a character from the Yi script, specifically representing a syllable used in the standardized modern Yi language, which is spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This particular syllable, pronounced as "qox" in the Liangshan dialect, corresponds to a specific phonetic sound in the Yi writing system, where the letter "q" denotes an aspirated velar stop and "ox" indicates a particular tone. The character is part of the Unicode block for Yi syllables, which was encoded to preserve and enable digital communication for this indigenous language, supporting its cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A409 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Qox |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꐉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꐉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x90 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA409 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A409 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua409 |