U+A458 "ꑘ" Yi Syllable Nyop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꑘ
U+A458 "ꑘ" Yi Syllable Nyop is part of the Yi Syllables block, which encodes the modern standardized script for the Liangshan Yi language spoken in southwestern China. This specific character represents a syllable in the Yi language pronounced as "nyop" and is used in written Yi texts to denote a word or phonetic element. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and support digital communication for the Yi people, reflecting the script’s role in maintaining cultural and linguistic heritage. The character belongs to a modern syllabary that was developed in the 1970s to replace an older, more complex script, making it a key component of contemporary Yi literacy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A458 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Nyop |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꑘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꑘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x91 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA458 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A458 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua458 |