U+A4E8 "ꓨ" Lisu Letter Hha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꓨ
U+A4E8 "ꓨ" Lisu Letter Hha is a symbol from the Lisu alphabet, used primarily for writing the Lisu language spoken by communities in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and India. This character represents the voiced glottal fricative sound /ɦ/, similar to the English "h" in "ahead," and is part of the unified Lisu syllabary that was standardized through Unicode version 5.2 in 2009. The letter's distinct shape, resembling a stylized hook or curve, reflects the unique writing system developed by missionary James O. Fraser in the early 20th century to facilitate literacy among Lisu speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A4E8 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Lisu Letter Hha |
| Block | Lisu |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꓨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꓨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x93 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA4E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A4E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua4e8 |