U+A5B5 "ꖵ" Vai Syllable Nggu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖵ
U+A5B5 "ꖵ" Vai Syllable Nggu is a specific glyph within the Vai script, a writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "nggu," a sound in the Vai language, and is part of the broader Vai syllabary block in Unicode, which contains over 300 characters for writing the language. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that digital text in the Vai script can be reliably encoded, stored, and displayed across modern computing platforms, supporting the preservation and digital communication of this West African language and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5B5 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Nggu |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5b5 |