U+A462 "ꑢ" Yi Syllable Xiex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꑢ
U+A462 "ꑢ" Yi Syllable Xiex is a specific glyph within the Yi script, a syllabary historically used for writing the Yi languages spoken by the Yi ethnic group in southwestern China. This character represents a particular syllable in the standardized modern Yi syllabary, where each character corresponds to a distinct phonetic value rather than a meaning, and its pronunciation is "xiex" with a specific tone indicated by the final "x" (typically the third or low-falling tone in the romanization system). As part of the Yi Syllables block (U+A000 to U+A48F) in Unicode, it aids in the digital representation and preservation of the Yi language, supporting cultural documentation and communication in both traditional and contemporary contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A462 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Yi Syllable Xiex |
| Block | Yi Syllables |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꑢ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꑢ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x91 0xA2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA462 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A462 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua462 |