U+A58B "ꖋ" Vai Syllable Coo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖋ
U+A58B "ꖋ" Vai Syllable Coo is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia and parts of Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "coo," functioning as a phonetic component within Vai orthography to denote a distinct sound in the language. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally support the Vai script, which is one of the few indigenous African scripts with a continuous tradition of use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A58B |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Coo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA58B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A58B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua58b |