U+A561 "ꕡ" Vai Syllable Nda Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A561 "ꕡ" Vai Syllable Nda is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "nda" and is part of a larger script that was developed in the 19th century to facilitate literacy among Vai speakers. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent this West African linguistic heritage, allowing for modern use in computing and text communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+A561
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Nda
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꕡ
HTML Hex Encoding ꕡ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x95 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA561
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A561
C/C++/Java Escape \ua561

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