U+A450 "ꑐ" Yi Syllable Nyie Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꑐ
U+A450 "ꑐ" Yi Syllable Nyie is a representative glyph from the Yi script used primarily for writing the Nuosu language in southwestern China. This specific syllable, pronounced "nyie," corresponds to a particular phonetic value within the syllabary, which includes hundreds of distinct characters to represent the many unique syllables of the Yi language. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Yi Syllables block, which was introduced in version 3.0 to support digital text processing and preservation of the traditional Yi writing system. Its use helps maintain linguistic heritage by enabling modern communication, documentation, and cultural transmission in Nuosu-speaking communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A450 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nyie |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꑐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꑐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x91 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA450 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A450 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua450 |