What ꏕ means
It records one spoken syllable, not a whole idea.
Older Yi writing varied by region; stone inscriptions survive from the thirteenth century, though the script’s origin remains debated. The Liangshan standard drew on traditions historically called Cuan or Wei in Chinese, and was devised in 1974 and officially promulgated in 1980. Village ritual specialists copied religious, medical, magical, and genealogical texts.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does ꏕ 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 ꏕ
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType A3D5, then Alt+X to get ꏕ.
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 rux”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType a3d5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ꏕCSS
\A3D5Windows
To type ꏕ on Windows, select the Yi input method, enter the romanization “rux” with Latin keys, then choose the matching sign from suggestions; Microsoft’s instructions were updated in 2024.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ꏕ
HTML hex
ꏕ
CSS content
content: "\A3D5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EA%8F%95
1
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.