U+A5D1 "ꗑ" Vai Syllable Do Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗑ
U+A5D1 "ꗑ" Vai Syllable Do is a specific character within the Vai syllabary, a writing system historically used for the Vai language of Liberia in West Africa. This script, invented in the early 19th century, represents syllables rather than individual letters, and "ꗑ" corresponds to the syllable pronounced as "do." The Vai script is notable for being one of the few indigenous African writing systems created without direct outside influence, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this cultural and linguistic heritage can be preserved and used in modern digital environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5D1 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Do |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5D1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5D1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5d1 |