U+A451 "ꑑ" Yi Syllable Nyiep Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꑑ
U+A451 "ꑑ" Yi Syllable Nyiep is a character from the Yi script, specifically used in the modern standardized syllabary for the Nuosu language, a member of the Loloish branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken primarily in southwestern China. This syllable represents the sound "nyiep" as part of the Yi writing system, which was officially codified in 1980 to unify various regional dialects. The character is among hundreds of Yi syllables that denote distinct phonetic values, each corresponding to a specific combination of consonant and vowel with a given tone, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital representation and preservation of this endangered language's written heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A451 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nyiep |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꑑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꑑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x91 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA451 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A451 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua451 |