U+A603 "ꘃ" Vai Syllable Ke Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A603 "ꘃ" Vai Syllable Ke is a symbol from the Vai script, a writing system historically used by the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone to represent the syllable "ke" (pronounced similar to "keh"). This character belongs to the Vai syllabary, which was created in the early 19th century and is encoded in the Unicode standard to support the digital preservation and communication of this indigenous African language. As part of the Vai block, U+A603 helps ensure that written Vai can be accurately rendered and accessed in modern computing environments, contributing to the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Vai community.

General Properties

Code Point U+A603
Version Added 5.1
Name Vai Syllable Ke
Block Vai
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꘃ
HTML Hex Encoding ꘃ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x98 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA603
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A603
C/C++/Java Escape \ua603

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