U+A528 "ꔨ" Vai Syllable Wi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A528 "ꔨ" Vai Syllable Wi is a character from the Vai syllabary, a writing system used historically for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This particular glyph represents the syllable "wi" and is part of a larger set of over 200 syllabic symbols that were developed in the early 19th century by the Vai people. The character's inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and support digital communication in the Vai language, allowing for accurate representation in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+A528
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Wi
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꔨ
HTML Hex Encoding ꔨ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x94 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA528
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A528
C/C++/Java Escape \ua528

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Vai
Script Extensions Vai
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter