U+A5C6 "ꗆ" Vai Syllable Mgbo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗆ
U+A5C6 "ꗆ" Vai Syllable Mgbo is a glyph within the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This particular character represents the syllable "mgbo," which is produced by combining a bilabial nasal onset with a voiced velar plosive and the vowel "o," and it is one of many syllabic signs designed to phonetically transcribe the distinct sounds of the Vai language. Codified in the Unicode Standard as part of the Vai block, this character helps preserve and enable digital representation of Vai script, which was developed in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele and remains culturally significant for written communication and literacy in Vai-speaking communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5C6 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Mgbo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5C6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5C6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5c6 |