U+A46C "ꑬ" Yi Syllable Xyx Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A46C "ꑬ" Yi Syllable Xyx is a symbol from the modern Yi script, used primarily to write the Yi language spoken in southwestern China. This particular character represents a specific phonetic syllable in the Yi writing system, which was standardized in the 1970s as a unified syllabary for the Liangshan dialect. The character's pronunciation, "xyx," indicates a sound that combines a fricative initial with a particular vowel tone, contributing to the script's goal of accurately representing the tonal and phonetic complexity of the Yi language.

General Properties

Code Point U+A46C
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Syllable Xyx
Block Yi Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꑬ
HTML Hex Encoding ꑬ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x91 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA46C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A46C
C/C++/Java Escape \ua46c

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