U+A5AA "ꖪ" Vai Syllable Du Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖪ
U+A5AA "ꖪ" Vai Syllable Du is a symbol from the Vai script, an indigenous writing system created in the 19th century for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "du" and is part of the Vai syllabary, which consists of over 200 characters covering vowels, consonants, and syllables. The Vai script is notable for its unique origin, having been invented by Momolu Duwalu Bukele around 1833, and remains culturally significant for preserving and writing the Vai language today.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5AA |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Du |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖪ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖪ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5AA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5AA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5aa |