U+A547 "ꕇ" Vai Syllable Ni Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A547 "ꕇ" Vai Syllable Ni is a symbol from the Vai script, which was developed in Liberia during the 1830s to write the Vai language, a Mande language spoken by approximately 100,000 people. This specific character represents the syllable "ni" and is part of a syllabary that consists of over 200 distinct characters, each corresponding to a consonant-vowel combination or a standalone vowel sound. The Vai script is notable for its indigenous origin, independent of European or Arabic influences, and it remains in use today for writing, religious texts, and cultural preservation among the Vai community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A547
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Ni
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꕇ
HTML Hex Encoding ꕇ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x95 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA547
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A547
C/C++/Java Escape \ua547

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