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ꍡ

yi syllable chat

Yi syllable chat

ꍡ is one syllable in Liangshan Yi, not a whole word; “chat” is its standard Latin-letter spelling, not a translation of “conversation.” Read the whole Yi word for meaning.

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Liangshan Yi · Nuosu Yi · Yi script · Cuan script · Wei script · meaning of ꍡ
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What ꍡ means

Its earliest surviving example dates to 1485.

Traditional Yi writing, called Cuan or Wei, varied by place. One tradition credits Aki with devising it during the Tang dynasty, though its origin remains uncertain. Bimo (village ritual specialists) passed down ritual, magic, medical, and family-lineage texts. Liangshan’s standard was devised in 1974, made official in 1980, and applies only to that Yi variety.

Its shape is drawn by the reader’s installed font and can vary across displays.

“Chat” is the standard romanized label, not the syllable’s English meaning.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Within a Liangshan Yi word
It supplies one syllable; the whole Yi word carries its meaning.
ꍡ sent alone, without Yi context
It remains a Yi syllable; the glyph alone cannot reveal the sender’s message.

Don't confuse it with

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ꊙ
Yi Syllable Zuo
shares “syllable”, “yi”
ꊚ
Yi Syllable Zuop
shares “syllable”, “yi”
ꊛ
Yi Syllable Zot
shares “syllable”, “yi”
ꊜ
Yi Syllable Zox
shares “syllable”, “yi”

Questions people ask

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Why does ꍡ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type ꍡ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A361, then Alt+X to get ꍡ.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “yi syllable chat”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a361, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꍡ
CSS
\A361
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꍡ
HTML hex
ꍡ
CSS content
content: "\A361";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%8D%A1
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

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