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ꇴ

yi syllable gu

Yi Syllable Gu

ꇴ is the Yi-script syllable gu — so is ꇴ an emoji? No, it is one Nuosu text character. It belongs inside Yi writing, so alone it has no stable chat meaning. The modern form comes from a standardized system built from older regional manuscript traditions.

Text symbol
Search it as
nuosu · liangshan · 彝文 · nuosu script · yi writing · yi font · yi keyboard · yi syllable
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ꇴ means

It is one Nuosu syllable; context supplies the meaning. In one documented Liangshan lesson, ꇴ (gu) acts as the verb “to call.”

Yi writing grew over time, not from one inventor. Secure surviving evidence starts with a 1485 bronze-bell inscription, while older finds stay debated; local forms carried ritual, medical, and genealogy texts. The Liangshan standard was shaped from older forms in 1974 and made official in 1980. Why does ꇴ show as a box on some devices? Your Yi font lacks coverage — install a Nuosu font and copy it from the palette above.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
Inside a Nuosu sentence
The syllable gu; tone and grammar resolve its role.
Sent alone in a chat
No dependable standalone message; ask for surrounding Yi text.

Don't confuse it with

4
ꄬ
Yi Syllable Top
shares “syllable”, “yi”
ꄭ
Yi Syllable Tex
shares “syllable”, “yi”
ꄮ
Yi Syllable Te
shares “syllable”, “yi”
ꄯ
Yi Syllable Tep
shares “syllable”, “yi”

Questions people ask

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Why does ꇴ 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 ꇴ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A1F4, then Alt+X to get ꇴ.
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 gu”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a1f4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꇴ
CSS
\A1F4
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꇴ
HTML hex
ꇴ
CSS content
content: "\A1F4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%87%B4
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.

Families this belongs to

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