U+A59F "ꖟ" Vai Syllable Kpu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖟ
U+A59F "ꖟ" Vai Syllable Kpu is a glyph from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "kpu," one of many syllabic units in the Vai writing system, which was developed in the 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele. The Vai script is notable for being one of the few indigenous African scripts created without direct influence from European alphabets, and characters like ꖟ are part of a syllabary that transcribes the phonetic sounds of the language. In digital text, this character belongs to the Vai block of the Unicode standard, ensuring its accurate representation across modern electronic devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A59F |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Kpu |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA59F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A59F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua59f |