U+A5B6 "ꖶ" Vai Syllable Gu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖶ
U+A5B6 "ꖶ" Vai Syllable Gu is a specific glyph from the Vai script, a syllabic writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. Representing the syllable "gu," this character is part of the Vai syllabary's modern block in Unicode, which encodes over 300 distinct syllables to capture the phonetic nuances of the Vai language. As a written symbol, it plays a functional role in preserving and transmitting oral traditions, historical records, and contemporary communication within the Vai linguistic community, connecting modern digital text to a rich cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5B6 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Gu |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꖶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꖶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x96 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5b6 |