U+A579 "ꕹ" Vai Syllable Mboo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A579 "ꕹ" Vai Syllable Mboo is a glyph from the Vai script, a writing system historically used for the Vai language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "mboo," which functions as a phonetic unit within the Vai syllabary, a system where each symbol corresponds to a consonant-vowel combination or a standalone vowel or consonant. Designed in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, the Vai script remains culturally significant today and is encoded in Unicode within the Vai block (U+A500 to U+A63F) to preserve digital representation of the language. The syllable "mboo" is typically employed in writing words that contain the corresponding sound, aiding in the accurate transcription of Vai speech and literature.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꕹ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꕹ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0x95 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA579 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A579 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua579 |
Unicode Properties