U+A594 "ꖔ" Vai Syllable Nyoo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖔ
U+A594 "ꖔ" Vai Syllable Nyoo is a symbol from the Vai syllabary, a writing system developed in the early 19th century by the Vai people of Liberia in West Africa. This specific character represents the syllable "nyoo," and its design follows the distinctive patterns of the Vai script, which is a true syllabary where each character corresponds to a spoken syllable rather than a single consonant or vowel. The Vai script is notable for being one of the few indigenous African writing systems created without direct outside influence, and U+A594 is part of the Unicode block designated for the Vai language, enabling digital representation and preservation of this cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A594 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Nyoo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA594 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A594 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua594 |