U+A364 "ꍤ" Yi Syllable Chap Unicode Character

U+A364 "ꍤ" Yi Syllable Chap is a single glyph within the Yi script, specifically used for the Liangshan dialect of the Yi people of southwestern China. This character represents the phonetic syllable "chap," and it is encoded in the Yi Syllables block of the Unicode Standard, which was designed to digitally preserve and facilitate the writing of the modern Yi language. As part of a unified system for representing spoken Yi, the syllable carries a high tone by default, though tonal variations are indicated with separate diacritic marks in the standard. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate electronic exchange and display of Yi texts, supporting the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Yi community.