U+A59C "ꖜ" Vai Syllable Bhu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖜ
U+A59C "ꖜ" Vai Syllable Bhu is a specific glyph in the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "bhu" and is part of a block of Vai syllables encoded in Unicode to preserve and support the digital representation of this endangered script. Its inclusion allows for modern electronic communication and archival work in the Vai language, reflecting a broader effort to safeguard diverse linguistic heritages through technological standards.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A59C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Bhu |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA59C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A59C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua59c |