U+A5E4 "ꗤ" Vai Syllable He Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A5E4 "ꗤ" Vai Syllable He is a glyph representing a specific syllable from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This character corresponds to the syllable pronounced as "he", encoded within the Vai syllabary block of the Unicode standard. Its design reflects the unique, linear and curved strokes characteristic of the Vai script, an indigenous African writing system invented in the early 19th century. The inclusion of this character in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the Vai language, enabling its use in modern computing and communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+A5E4
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable He
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꗤ
HTML Hex Encoding ꗤ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x97 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA5E4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A5E4
C/C++/Java Escape \ua5e4

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