U+A4D1 "ꓑ" Lisu Letter Pa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A4D1 "ꓑ" Lisu Letter Pa is a specific glyph from the Lisu script, representing the sound /p/ and used primarily for writing the Lisu language spoken in parts of China, Myanmar, and Thailand. This character is part of the Lisu Syllabary block, which was added to the Unicode Standard to support the modern, standardized form of the script, often called the Fraser alphabet. In practice, Lisu Letter Pa functions as a consonant in the syllabary, where vowels are indicated by separate characters, allowing the script to accurately represent the phonetic structure of the Lisu language in digital text and printed materials.

General Properties

Code Point U+A4D1
Version Added 5.2
Name Lisu Letter Pa
Block Lisu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꓑ
HTML Hex Encoding ꓑ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x93 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA4D1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A4D1
C/C++/Java Escape \ua4d1

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 Alphabetic
Script Lisu
Script Extensions Lisu
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter