U+A52E "ꔮ" Vai Syllable Kpi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꔮ
U+A52E "ꔮ" Vai Syllable Kpi is a glyph from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "kpi", distinguished by its unique diacritic mark that modifies the base consonant sound. As part of the Vai syllabary, a writing system developed in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, the "kpi" syllable contributes to the script's comprehensive representation of Vai phonetics. The character resides in the Unicode Vai block, ensuring its digital preservation and accessibility for modern electronic communication and language documentation efforts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A52E |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Kpi |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꔮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꔮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x94 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA52E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A52E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua52e |