U+A452 "ꑒ" Yi Syllable Nyuox Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A452 "ꑒ" Yi Syllable Nyuox is a specific glyph from the Yi script, a syllabary historically used to write the Yi languages, primarily in southwestern China. This particular character represents a syllable pronounced as "nyuox," which corresponds to a lexical tone in the Nuosu variety of Yi, where the suffix "-x" indicates a specific tonal contour. The Yi script is encoded in the Unicode standard within the "Yi Syllables" block, reflecting efforts to digitally preserve and support the linguistic heritage of the Yi people, who number over nine million in China. Thus, U+A452 serves as a digital representation of a distinct phonetic and tonal unit essential for accurate written communication in the Yi language.

General Properties

Code Point U+A452
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Nyuox
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꑒ
HTML Hex Encoding ꑒ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x91 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA452
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A452
C/C++/Java Escape \ua452

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