U+A5CC "ꗌ" Vai Syllable Tho Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗌ
U+A5CC "ꗌ" Vai Syllable Tho is a specific glyph from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken primarily in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character represents the syllable "tho," formed from the consonant /θ/ (as in English "thin") combined with the vowel /o/. Part of the Vai syllabary, it functions as a distinct logographic symbol in a writing system where each character corresponds to a complete syllable, rather than individual letters. The Vai script was devised in the early 19th century by Mɔmɔlu Duwalu Bukɛlɛ and is one of the few indigenous African scripts with a continuous literary tradition, making this character a key component of written Vai communication and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5CC |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Tho |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗌ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗌ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5CC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5cc |