U+A5C5 "ꗅ" Vai Syllable Kpo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗅ
U+A5C5 "ꗅ" Vai Syllable Kpo is a glyph from the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "kpo" and is encoded in the Unicode standard's Vai block, which was added to support the digital representation of the Vai language. As part of a purely syllabic script where each symbol denotes a consonant-vowel combination, "ꗅ" exemplifies how the Vai script captures unique phonetic sounds distinct from the Latin alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that the Vai language can be accurately preserved and utilized in modern computing environments, aiding in cultural and linguistic documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5C5 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Kpo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5C5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5C5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5c5 |