What ꒈ means
ꒈ writes one Nuosu Yi syllable; its word supplies the gloss.
A Nuosu grammar records yyx for “water” and also as a tone-sandhi form of “big” in a comparison meaning “bigger than.” Tone sandhi is a tone change prompted by neighboring syllables. In the Yi Pinyin spelling, final x marks the secondary-high rising tone. Read ꒈ within its Nuosu word or phrase; by itself, it has no single English translation.
Traditional Yi scripts vary by region; their ideographs appear independent of Han characters. One origin story credits Aki with devising the script during the Tang dynasty (618–907). Some accounts place stone and pottery evidence in the 8th century BCE; the earliest surviving dated monumental inscription is a bronze bell from 1485. Standard Liangshan Yi was devised in 1974 and promulgated in 1980 for Nuosu, using local traditions. Village ritual specialists called bimo passed local writing down in religious, medical, magical, and family-history texts. A 2024 study records digital Nuosu writing in art, literature, teaching, and learning.
In Nuosu Yi writing, ꒈ is an ordinary syllable; outside that context, its reading is unclear.
“Water” is one gloss, not a universal translation.
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1Why is ꒈ a blank box?
That blank box means the active font lacks Yi coverage. As of 2026, Nuosu SIL includes the standardized Yi syllabary; a Yi-capable font can display the same text.
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