Yi syllable mgox

ꈺ writes the Nuosu Yi syllable romanized mgox. In Yi Pinyin, the final x in mgox marks secondary-high tone, one of the language's pitch categories; it is not an extra consonant. By itself, the syllable is not a complete word; read it with the surrounding Yi text.

The standard writing system for the Liangshan Nuosu variety was devised in 1974 and formally announced in 1980. It selected forms from older Yi writing and matched them to that variety's syllable inventory.

Where does Yi writing come from?

The earliest firm dated landmark is a bronze bell inscription from 1485. This is a surviving example of Yi writing, not the invention date of the whole script. Older marks on stone, pottery, and bronze have disputed readings.

Traditional Yi texts were copied through bimo lineages. Bimo are local religious specialists who used written texts for ritual, magical, medical, and family-history work. The standardized system widened Yi writing's use in schooling and general writing.

This character belongs to the Liangshan Nuosu tradition, one branch of Yi writing. Other Yi traditions use different character inventories and can differ in writing direction; standardized Nuosu writing usually runs left to right. Yi characters have their own writing tradition rather than simply borrowing Chinese characters.

How do you type ꈺ?

Enter mgox in a Yi Pinyin input method and select ꈺ. The SIL Yi keyboard's 2026 documentation describes entering Latin letters and pressing Space to convert them; choose the intended syllable from the candidates.

If ꈺ appears as a square, the active font may lack this glyph. In 2026, Nuosu SIL and Noto Sans Yi document Yi coverage; fonts that support it may still draw its strokes differently.