U+A5C4 "ꗄ" Vai Syllable Mbo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗄ
U+A5C4 "ꗄ" Vai Syllable Mbo 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 "mbo" and is part of the Unicode block designated for Vai syllables, which covers the code points from U+A500 to U+A63F. The Vai syllabary is unique for being one of the few indigenous scripts created in West Africa in the 19th century, and the inclusion of characters like "ꗄ" in Unicode ensures that the language can be digitally preserved and used in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5C4 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Mbo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5C4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5C4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5c4 |