U+A5B1 "ꖱ" Vai Syllable Ju Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A5B1 "ꖱ" Vai Syllable Ju is part of the Vai syllabary, a writing system developed in the early 19th century for the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "ju" and belongs to the Unicode block designated for Vai scripts, which encodes the unique syllabic symbols that serve as the foundation for written Vai language communication. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard supports the digital preservation and modern use of this indigenous West African script, enabling proper text display and processing in electronic documents and systems.

General Properties

Code Point U+A5B1
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Ju
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꖱ
HTML Hex Encoding ꖱ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x96 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA5B1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A5B1
C/C++/Java Escape \ua5b1

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