U+A5F0 "ꗰ" Vai Syllable Gben Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꗰ
U+A5F0 "ꗰ" Vai Syllable Gben is a character from the Vai script, which is used to write the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "gben," forming part of the syllabary system that was independently created for the Vai language in the 19th century. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Vai block, supporting digital communication and preservation of this West African writing system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A5F0 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vai Syllable Gben |
| Block | Vai |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꗰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꗰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x97 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA5F0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A5F0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua5f0 |