Yi syllable nup

ꆔ represents one syllable in Liangshan Yi, romanized as nup.

In the standard romanization, final p marks a low-falling tone. That spelling gives pronunciation information, not a one-word English gloss; the surrounding Yi word and sentence supply the meaning.

How did Yi writing develop?

Yi writing grew through regional traditions before Liangshan was standardized. Older Yi scripts varied by region, and village priests mainly used them for religious, magical, medical, and family-history texts. The earliest surviving Yi example cited in the Unicode history is an inscription on a bronze bell from 1485.

The Liangshan standard was devised in 1974 and officially promulgated in 1980 to support literacy. It adapted one regional tradition for Liangshan Yi, not every Yi variety. Traditional Yi writing is not derived from Han characters and is unrelated to neighboring Tibetan, Burmese, and Tai scripts, although the modern standard uses Chinese punctuation.

How do you type ꆔ?

Use a Yi-aware keyboard or input method, then a font with Yi coverage.

A plain Latin keyboard leaves nup as letters; it does not convert them automatically. A Yi input tool can map the standard romanization to ꆔ. Yi syllable keyboards cover U+A000–U+A48F, which includes this character.

A blank box or fallback sign means the active font or app cannot display Yi syllables. Switch to a Yi-capable font or an app with suitable font fallback; the character itself has not changed.