U+A5B2 "ꖲ" Vai Syllable Nju Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖲ
U+A5B2 "ꖲ" Vai Syllable Nju is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "nju," combining a nasal consonant sound with the vowel "u" as articulated in Vai phonology. Part of the Vai block in Unicode, it was encoded to support digital preservation and accurate representation of this West African script, which was developed in the early 19th century and remains culturally significant for Vai literature and communication.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5B2 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Nju |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5B2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5b2 |