What ꂒ means
It represents one spoken syllable in Liangshan Yi.
hmix is its Latin-letter form in the standard Liangshan Yi romanization. The tone in hmix is marked by its final x: that letter signals the secondary-high tone, a pitch distinction in Yi speech. Read it within a Yi word; one syllable alone does not supply the word's full meaning.
How did Yi writing move from ritual manuscripts to public print?
It served local traditions before standardization brought it into public writing.
The earliest evidence is debated. Some accounts place inscriptions on pottery, stone, and bronze older than a millennium; a securely dated surviving example is a bronze-bell inscription from 1485. Those examples date the writing tradition, not this exact standardized character.
Bimo, Yi ritual specialists, copied and recited manuscripts about religious practice, magic, healing, and family histories; forms varied by region and lineage. The standardized Liangshan Yi form was devised in 1974 and formally issued in 1980, drawing on older Northern Yi graphs. It is used in official documents, newspapers, and literature.
This is a written Liangshan Yi syllable; its romanized label identifies the syllable and its tone.
Alone, it does not reveal which word is meant; the surrounding Yi text supplies that context.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ꂒ show as a box?
The active font lacks a Yi Syllables glyph, so it cannot draw this character. A font with Yi Syllables coverage should render it.
How to type ꂒ
ꂒ\A092Codes and encoding1 code points
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