U+A56A "ꕪ" Vai Syllable Ka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕪ
U+A56A "ꕪ" Vai Syllable Ka is a symbol from the Vai script, a syllabary historically used to write the Vai language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "ka" and belongs to the block of Vai syllabic characters defined in the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the digital preservation and typing of this West African writing system. Developed in the 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, the Vai script is notable for being one of the few indigenous African scripts with a known inventor, and "ꕪ" serves as a key component in constructing words and conveying meaning within the Vai language's written tradition.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A56A |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Ka |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA56A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A56A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua56a |