U+A5D8 "ꗘ" Vai Syllable Jo Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A5D8 "ꗘ" Vai Syllable Jo is a written symbol from the Vai syllabary, a script historically developed in the early 19th century by the Vai people of Liberia. This particular character represents the sound "jo" within the Vai language, which is a member of the Mande language family. Used in conjunction with other Vai syllabic characters, it plays a fundamental role in writing Vai texts, helping to preserve and transmit the linguistic and cultural traditions of the Vai community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A5D8
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Jo
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꗘ
HTML Hex Encoding ꗘ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x97 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA5D8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A5D8
C/C++/Java Escape \ua5d8

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Vai
Script Extensions Vai
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter