U+A4F5 "ꓵ" Lisu Letter Ue Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A4F5 "ꓵ" Lisu Letter Ue is used in the Lisu script, an alphabetic writing system created by the missionary James O. Fraser in the early 20th century for the Lisu language spoken primarily in southwestern China, Myanmar, and Thailand. This character represents a specific vowel sound, roughly equivalent to the French "u" or a high, rounded front vowel, and forms part of the unified Fraser alphabet block in Unicode, which supports the transcription of Lisu tonal and phonetic distinctions. Its inclusion in the standard enables digital typography and text processing for the Lisu community, preserving a crucial element of their linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+A4F5
Version Added 5.2
Name Lisu Letter Ue
Block Lisu
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꓵ
HTML Hex Encoding ꓵ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x93 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA4F5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A4F5
C/C++/Java Escape \ua4f5

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