U+A5B1 "ꖱ" Vai Syllable Ju Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖱ
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 |