U+A5A0 "ꖠ" Vai Syllable Mgbu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖠ
U+A5A0 "ꖠ" Vai Syllable Mgbu is a glyph from the Vai script, a writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia. This specific character represents the syllable "mgbu", combining a nasal element with the consonant-dominant sounds typical of the Vai language, which is a Mande language. The Vai script was uniquely invented in the early 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele, and it is one of the few indigenous African scripts with a documented creator. The character is part of the Unicode Vai block, added to support the digital preservation and representation of this cultural writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5A0 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Mgbu |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5A0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5A0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5a0 |