U+A554 "ꕔ" Vai Syllable Kpa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕔ
U+A554 "ꕔ" Vai Syllable Kpa is a character from the Vai script, a writing system used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This particular character represents the syllable "kpa," which is pronounced with a labial-velar plosive sound, a common feature in many West African languages. It belongs to the Vai Syllables block of Unicode, which encodes a large set of syllabic characters used for writing the Vai language, and its inclusion in the standard ensures that digital text can accurately preserve and transmit this unique linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A554 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Kpa |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA554 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A554 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua554 |