U+A5DF "ꗟ" Vai Syllable No Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗟ
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 |