U+A559 "ꕙ" Vai Syllable Va Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕙ
U+A559 "ꕙ" Vai Syllable Va is a specific glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "va" and is part of the Vai block in Unicode, which encompasses symbols that encode the phonetic sounds of the Vai script. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital texts and documents can accurately represent this syllable, preserving the linguistic heritage of the Vai people and enabling modern communication in their language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A559 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Va |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA559 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A559 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua559 |