Yi syllable lur

Use the Windows Yi input method: type lur, then select ꇓ.

Microsoft's Yi input method editor (IME) accepts romanized syllables from an ordinary keyboard and offers Yi-character candidates; its documentation was last updated 2024-06-20. Enter lur and choose ꇓ from the list.

In Liangshan romanization, a final t, p, or x marks tone, a pitch pattern. Bare lur has the mid-level tone; lurx is a different tone.

Is ꇓ an emoji?

No. ꇓ is a written Yi syllable, not an emoji.

A font draws it as text. If the font lacks Yi-script coverage, it may appear as a box or missing-glyph mark; that display problem does not change which character it is.

Where does Yi writing first show up in surviving records?

A bronze-bell inscription dated 1485 is an early surviving marker.

The inscription shows that Yi writing existed by then, not when it began; undated manuscripts may be older. Bimo, Yi ritual specialists, transmitted traditional writing for religious, magical, medical, genealogical, and historical texts.

The older Northern Yi scripts included a meaning-based sign tradition that Unicode describes as apparently not derived from Han Chinese characters.

How did the standardized Liangshan form develop?

The standardized Liangshan form grew from older Northern Yi scripts. Its development ran from the 1950s through the early 1980s; it was devised in 1974 and officially promulgated in 1980. It serves Liangshan speech, not every Yi writing tradition, and appears in official documents, newspapers, literature, and adult-learning materials.