U+A5B7 "ꖷ" Vai Syllable Mu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A5B7 "ꖷ" Vai Syllable Mu is a symbol from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia and parts of Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "mu" and is part of the Vai syllabary, a writing system developed in the early 19th century that consists of over 200 distinct syllabic glyphs. The Vai script is notable for its historical significance as one of the few indigenous African writing systems created without direct external influence, and the syllable "mu" plays a role in conveying phonetic sounds in the language's written form.

General Properties

Code Point U+A5B7
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Mu
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꖷ
HTML Hex Encoding ꖷ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x96 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA5B7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A5B7
C/C++/Java Escape \ua5b7

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