U+A5FB "ꗻ" Vai Syllable Se Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A5FB "ꗻ" Vai Syllable Se is a written symbol from the Vai syllabary, a script historically developed in the early 19th century by Momolu Duwalu Bukele for the Vai language spoken in Liberia and Sierra Leone. This specific character represents the syllable "se" and is part of a larger script that uses unique glyphs for each consonant-vowel combination, enabling efficient writing for everyday communication, record keeping, and cultural preservation among the Vai people.

General Properties

Code Point U+A5FB
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Se
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꗻ
HTML Hex Encoding ꗻ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x97 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA5FB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A5FB
C/C++/Java Escape \ua5fb

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