U+A523 "ꔣ" Vai Syllable Nyee Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꔣ
U+A523 "ꔣ" Vai Syllable Nyee is a character from the Vai syllabary, a writing system used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific syllable represents the sound "nyee," which is one of many syllabic glyphs in the Vai script, known for its unique creation in the 19th century by the Vai people. The character is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Vai block, enabling digital representation and preservation of this West African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A523 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Nyee |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꔣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꔣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x94 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA523 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A523 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua523 |