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ꉢ

yi syllable nga

Yi syllable nga

ꉢ is the Nuosu syllable nga for “I” or “me,” used in the Liangshan standard. Nearby signs represent separate syllables with different tones.

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nga
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What ꉢ means

In Nuosu, it means “I” or “me.”

Nuosu romanization spells this syllable nga; pitch patterns, called tones, distinguish nearby syllables.

Older Yi script traditions varied; surviving examples include 15th-century bell inscriptions and paper texts from around 1500. Bimo, Yi ritual specialists, used older writing for texts on ritual, medicine, genealogy, history, and astrology. Devised in 1974 and promulgated in 1980, the Liangshan standard set one sign per syllable to support literacy in Liangshan Nuosu.

A written syllable in the Liangshan standard for Nuosu.

Alone, it says “I” or “me”; the sentence identifies who is speaking.

Don't confuse it with

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ꉠ
Yi Syllable Ngat
Nuosu romanization ngat: a high-tone syllable, distinct from nga.
ꉡ
Yi Syllable Ngax
Nuosu romanization ngax: a secondary high-tone syllable, distinct from nga.
ꉣ
Yi Syllable Ngap
Nuosu romanization ngap: a low-falling-tone syllable, distinct from nga.

Questions people ask

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Why does ꉢ 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 ꉢ

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A262, then Alt+X to get ꉢ.
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 nga”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a262, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꉢ
CSS
\A262
How to display ꉢ
Use a font with Yi-script coverage; a blank box means the font cannot display this character.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꉢ
HTML hex
ꉢ
CSS content
content: "\A262";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%89%A2
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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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