What ꈏ means
ꈏ represents one spoken syllable. In the Latin transcription kux, final x marks a secondary-high tone—a pitch distinction.
Yi writing predates this standard: the earliest securely dated surviving inscriptions are from the 15th century; older development remains debated. Village priests used older Yi writing for religious, magical, healing, and family-history texts.
Designed in 1974 and adopted in 1980, the modern syllabary writes Nuosu, the Liangshan Yi variety. It does not cover every Yi variety and was not derived from Chinese characters.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsIn Nuosu text
One syllable; read it with the surrounding text.
Sent alone
A script sample without word context.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ꈏ appear as a box?
The active font lacks Yi coverage. Switch to one that supports Yi script.
How to type ꈏ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A20F, then Alt+X to get ꈏ.
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 kux”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a20f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꈏCSS
\A20FUnicode input
To type ꈏ, use a Nuosu input method or enter A20F in a Unicode hex-entry field.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꈏ
HTML hex
ꈏ
CSS content
content: "\A20F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%88%8F
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.