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ꅅ

yi syllable ddox

Yi syllable Ddox

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ꅅ is a syllable character in Liangshan (Nuosu) Yi; its standardized Latin-letter spelling is ddox. The final x marks a secondary-high pitch, rather than a consonant, so the spelling guides pronunciation instead of defining a word.

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What ꅅ means

It represents one spoken syllable in Yi writing.

In the standard Liangshan spelling, ddox uses Latin letters; its final x marks secondary-high pitch—the voice's pitch level—not a final consonant. The spelling guides pronunciation; it is not a word definition.

The oldest securely dated surviving examples of Yi writing are 15th-century bell inscriptions. Traditional forms were preserved chiefly by bimo, Yi ritual specialists, in ritual, magical, medical and historical texts. Later, the Liangshan standard supported literacy, textbooks, newspapers and everyday work; it is one regional standard, not universal across Yi dialects. The Cuan script is treated as an antecedent to later Yi forms, a connection between writing traditions. Modern Liangshan layouts follow Han Chinese text direction and punctuation, but the characters still write Yi.

How do I type ꅅ?

Use a Yi input method and choose the matching character candidate.

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Who writes ꅅ

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Why does ꅅ show as a box?

A font gap. The text can still contain ꅅ when the selected font lacks a Yi glyph. Fonts such as Nuosu SIL and Noto Sans Yi provide Yi coverage.

How to type or find ꅅ

Search it as
ddox · Nuosu · Liangshan Yi · Yi IME · A145
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType A145, then AltX to get ꅅ.
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 ddox”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType a145, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꅅ
CSS
\A145
Windows Yi IME
Instructions dated 2024-06-20 say to enter ddox, then select ꅅ from the candidate list.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꅅ
HTML hex
ꅅ
CSS content
content: "\A145";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%85%85
1
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.

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