U+A5E9 "ꗩ" Vai Syllable Bhe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗩ
U+A5E9 "ꗩ" Vai Syllable Bhe is a glyph from the Vai script, a syllabic writing system traditionally used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "bhe," where the "bh" denotes a voiced bilabial implosive or a breathy-voiced bilabial stop, a sound distinct from the plain "b" in the language. Encoded in the Unicode Standard as part of the Vai syllabary block, it preserves a key element of written Vai, which was historically used for personal correspondence, record keeping, and literature, and remains culturally significant for maintaining linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5E9 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Bhe |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5e9 |