U+A59C "ꖜ" Vai Syllable Bhu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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

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