U+A5D5 "ꗕ" Vai Syllable Zo Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗕ
U+A5D5 "ꗕ" Vai Syllable Zo is a distinct glyph belonging to the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character specifically represents the syllable "zo," with the Vai script being a unique writing system developed in the 1830s by Momolu Duwalu Bukele. As a syllabary where each character stands for a syllable, "ꗕ" contributes to the phonetic representation of the Vai language, preserving its rich oral traditions and enabling written communication for its speakers.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5D5 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Zo |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5d5 |