U+A597 "ꖗ" Vai Syllable Hu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A597 "ꖗ" Vai Syllable Hu is a glyph from the Vai script, which was historically used to write the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "hu" and is part of a larger syllabary system developed in the early 19th century, making it a key element for digitally preserving and typing the Vai language in modern computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point U+A597
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Hu
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꖗ
HTML Hex Encoding ꖗ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x96 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA597
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A597
C/C++/Java Escape \ua597

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