U+A55F "ꕟ" Vai Syllable Ra Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A55F "ꕟ" Vai Syllable Ra is a glyph representing a syllable in the Vai script, an indigenous writing system used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. Specifically, this character corresponds to the sound "ra" and belongs to the Vai syllabary, which was created in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele. The script is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Vai block, which supports the language's rich inventory of syllables and logograms, preserving a vital part of West African cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+A55F
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Ra
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꕟ
HTML Hex Encoding ꕟ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x95 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA55F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A55F
C/C++/Java Escape \ua55f

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