U+A5B7 "ꖷ" Vai Syllable Mu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꖷ
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 |