U+A583 "ꖃ" Vai Syllable Loo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖃ
U+A583 "ꖃ" Vai Syllable Loo is a character from the Vai syllabary, a writing system used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "loo," which is pronounced with a long "o" sound, and is part of a larger set of syllabic symbols designed to phonetically record the Vai language. The Vai syllabary was developed in the early 19th century and is one of the few indigenous African scripts created from scratch, making U+A583 a key component in preserving and writing the language’s unique sounds and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A583 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Loo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA583 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A583 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua583 |