U+A56F "ꕯ" Vai Syllable Na Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕯ
U+A56F "ꕯ" Vai Syllable Na is a symbol from the Vai script, a writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone to represent their language. This specific character corresponds to the syllable "na" and belongs to the syllabary's set of distinct glyphs that denote consonant-vowel combinations. The Vai script, created in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, is one of the few indigenous African scripts with a known origin and is recognized for its systematic syllabic structure. Incorporating this character in digital text helps preserve and support the linguistic heritage of the Vai community in modern communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A56F |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Na |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA56F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A56F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua56f |