What ꐴ means
It writes a syllable; in Nuosu, njip can mean “root.” A Nuosu grammar records ꐴ in a phrase meaning “the root of that tree”; the isolated character needs context.
Paper and sheepskin Yi texts survive from around 1500; stone or bronze origin claims remain debated. Bimo (Yi ritual specialists) used this writing for ritual, genealogy, medicine, and divination. Liangshan standardized a syllabary (signs for spoken syllables) from regional forms in 1974. Cuan and Wei are older Yi writing traditions with non-interchangeable forms.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ꐴ look wrong on my screen?
Your font may not include Yi characters; the 2022 Nuosu SIL release includes Yi syllables.
How to type ꐴ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A434, then Alt+X to get ꐴ.
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 njip”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a434, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꐴCSS
\A434SIL Yi keyboard
Select SIL’s Yi keyboard if installed; it supports U+A000–U+A48F.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꐴ
HTML hex
ꐴ
CSS content
content: "\A434";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%90%B4
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.