U+A543 "ꕃ" Vai Syllable Ki Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕃ
U+A543 "ꕃ" Vai Syllable Ki is a character from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific symbol represents the syllable "ki" in the Vai writing system, a syllabary created in the early 19th century by Chief Momolu Duwalu Bukele. The Vai script is notable for being one of the few indigenous writing systems in West Africa that was developed without direct European influence, and it remains in use today for cultural and educational purposes.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A543 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Ki |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA543 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A543 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua543 |