U+A42C "ꐬ" Yi Syllable Jjur Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A42C "ꐬ" Yi Syllable Jjur is a specific glyph from the Yi script, a logosyllabic writing system historically used for the Yi languages of southwestern China. This character represents one of the standardized 1,165 syllables in the modern Yi syllabary, which was developed in the 1970s to unify and modernize the traditional Nuosu Yi script. Its phonetic value is "jjur," a bilabial voiced affricate sound with a specific tone, and it belongs to a set used primarily for writing the Liangshan dialect of the Yi people. As part of the Unicode Standard's Yi Syllables block (U+A000 to U+A4CF), it ensures consistent digital encoding and interoperability across electronic text and communication systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+A42C
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Jjur
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꐬ
HTML Hex Encoding ꐬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x90 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA42C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A42C
C/C++/Java Escape \ua42c

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