U+A574 "ꕴ" Vai Syllable Woo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꕴ
U+A574 "ꕴ" Vai Syllable Woo is part of the Vai script, an indigenous writing system used primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone for the Vai language, which belongs to the Mande language family. This specific character represents the syllable "woo," making it a component of the syllabary that allows the Vai language to be written phonetically, with each symbol corresponding to a distinct syllable rather than individual letters. In practical use, "ꕴ" contributes to the accurate transcription of spoken Vai, helping preserve the linguistic heritage and facilitate literacy among its speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A574 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Woo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꕴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꕴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x95 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA574 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A574 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua574 |