U+A558 "ꕘ" Vai Syllable Fa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕘ
U+A558 "ꕘ" Vai Syllable Fa is a character from the Vai syllabary, a writing system used to represent the Vai language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific glyph encodes the syllable "fa," which forms part of the Vai script's inventory of over two hundred distinct characters, each representing a single syllable rather than an individual phoneme. The character is rendered as a stylized symbol with a distinctive curved and angular shape, reflecting the script's unique visual heritage. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that Vai speakers can digitally represent their language in modern text environments, supporting the preservation and continued use of this indigenous African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A558 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Fa |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA558 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A558 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua558 |