U+A53C "ꔼ" Vai Syllable Shi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꔼ
U+A53C "ꔼ" Vai Syllable Shi is a symbol from the Vai script, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "shi" and is part of the Vai syllabary, which was created in the early 19th century to write the Vai language and is noted for its unique indigenous development. While its use has declined with the adoption of Latin-based orthography, it remains a significant part of the cultural and linguistic heritage recorded in the Unicode Standard, allowing for digital preservation and study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A53C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Shi |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꔼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꔼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x94 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA53C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A53C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua53c |