U+A5DF "ꗟ" Vai Syllable No Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A5DF "ꗟ" Vai Syllable No is part of the Vai syllabary, a writing system used historically for the Vai language of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "no" in the Vai script, which was developed in the early 19th century and remains an important cultural symbol for the Vai people. The Vai syllabary is notable for being one of the few indigenous African scripts with a known origin, created by Momolu Duwalu Bukele around 1833.

General Properties

Code Point U+A5DF
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable No
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꗟ
HTML Hex Encoding ꗟ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x97 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA5DF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A5DF
C/C++/Java Escape \ua5df

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