Unicode Block - Yi Radicals

Yi Radicals is a collection of characters used to represent the foundational components of the Yi script, a syllabic writing system historically employed by the Yi people of southwestern China. These radicals serve as building blocks for composing and classifying Yi syllables, and they include strokes, simple shapes, and modified forms that recur across the script’s larger symbol set. The characters are visually compact and geometric, echoing the traditional calligraphic style of the language, and they are encoded to support proper sorting, indexing, and educational use of the script, particularly in conjunction with the standard Yi syllables found elsewhere in the standard. Their inclusion ensures that the structural elements of this writing system are preserved and digitally accessible for modern applications.