U+A594 "ꖔ" Vai Syllable Nyoo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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