U+A53D "ꔽ" Vai Syllable Zi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꔽ
U+A53D "ꔽ" Vai Syllable Zi is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "zi" (pronounced like "zee"), and it is part of a comprehensive set of Vai symbols encoded in the Unicode Standard to support digital preservation and communication of the language. As a dedicated syllabic mark, it aids in accurately transcribing Vai speech, reflecting the language's unique phonetic structure, and its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that Vai texts can be properly rendered across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A53D |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Zi |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꔽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꔽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x94 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA53D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A53D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua53d |