U+A591 "ꖑ" Vai Syllable Goo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A591 "ꖑ" Vai Syllable Goo is a symbol from the Vai syllabary, a writing system used for the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia. This specific character represents the syllable "goo" and is part of a larger set of over 200 Vai syllables encoded in the Unicode Standard to preserve and support digital communication for this West African language. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that speakers and scholars can type, store, and display Vai text accurately across modern digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+A591
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Goo
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꖑ
HTML Hex Encoding ꖑ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x96 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA591
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A591
C/C++/Java Escape \ua591

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Vai
Script Extensions Vai
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter