U+A4B7 "꒷" Yi Radical Jjie Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A4B7 "꒷" Yi Radical Jjie is a component of the modern Yi script, which was standardized in the 1980s for writing the Yi languages spoken primarily in southwestern China, particularly in Sichuan province. This specific character represents the radical "Jjie," used as a building block in the formation of compound Yi characters, where it typically contributes to the meaning or pronunciation of the complete character. As a radical, it is not used as a standalone syllable but serves a structural and mnemonic role within the script system, which includes over 1,200 standard syllables and 55 radicals organized in the UCS Unicode block for Yi syllables and radicals. The Yi Radical Jjie is one of these few dozen abstract components that help users and learners systematically categorize and understand the complex logographic writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+A4B7
Version Added 3.0
Name Yi Radical Jjie
Block Yi Radicals
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꒷
HTML Hex Encoding ꒷
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x92 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA4B7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A4B7
C/C++/Java Escape \ua4b7

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
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other