U+A563 "ꕣ" Vai Syllable Sha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕣ
U+A563 "ꕣ" Vai Syllable Sha is a specific character from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "sha," and it is part of a larger set of over 200 symbols that were traditionally written from left to right. The Vai script was developed in the 1830s and is notable for its syllabic nature, where each character corresponds to a consonant-vowel combination rather than individual letters. Within the Unicode standard, this character is encoded in the Vai block, ensuring that digital text can accurately represent the sound "sha" for linguistic and cultural preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A563 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Sha |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕣ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕣ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA563 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A563 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua563 |