U+A431 "ꐱ" Yi Syllable Njit Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A431 "ꐱ" Yi Syllable Njit is a single glyph from the Yi script used to write the Yi languages primarily in southwestern China within the Sichuan Yi syllabary, where it represents the syllable pronounced as "njit". This script standardization encodes over a thousand such syllables to capture the tonal and phonetic nuances of the Yi language, with this particular character serving as a functional unit in written communication for lexical items or grammatical markers. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and cross-platform interoperability for the Yi community and linguists studying this Tibeto-Burman language family.

General Properties

Code Point U+A431
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Njit
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꐱ
HTML Hex Encoding ꐱ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x90 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA431
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A431
C/C++/Java Escape \ua431

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